Altar Stone
Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Altar Stone
Classification Stone (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 49813
Site Number NT13NE 12
NGR NT 1571 3575
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/49813
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Stobo
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT13NE 12 1571 3575
(NT 1570 3575) Altar Stone (NR)
OS 6" map, (1967).
A large stone in the wall at the roadside near the farm to which it gives name. It is of a somewhat cylindrical shape about five feet high and six feet in diameter. The top forms a plane, smooth surface and it is supposed to have formed the Altar of a druids Temple or some such object, there is no tradition respecting it. It is always called the Altar Stone but why it is so called, the Proprietor of the estate says, cannot be ascertained.
Name Book 1856.
There are marks on the upper surface of the stone - said to have been made by a witch.
J W Buchan and H Paton (eds) 1927.
This weathered stone is 1.0m high with a flat oval top 1.2m x 1.8m. Some indefinite marks or lines are visible on the vertical south face of the stone.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 23 July 1974 and (BS) 2 December 1974.
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
