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Cammo

Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Site Name Cammo

Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Cammo House Policies; Cammo Park

Canmore ID 50704

Site Number NT17SE 55

NGR NT 17477 74681

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Edinburgh, City Of
  • Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District City Of Edinburgh
  • Former County Midlothian

Archaeology Notes

NT17SE 55 17477 74681

Stone [NAT] (at NT 17477 74681)

OS (GIS) AIB, April 2008.

Location formerly entered as NT 1747 7467.

For Cammo House (NT 17399 74698) and associated buildings, see NT17SE 62.00.

Activities

Field Visit (March 1976)

An irregular rounded sandstone boulder is situated immediately inside the fence forming the E side of the garden of Cammo. Measuring 1.54 m in height and with a girth of 3.6 m at ground level, it is suffering from exfoliation. The long axis lies approximately NNW and SSE. An iron hook has been embedded in the W face of the stone at a height of 1.2 m.

Visited by RCAHMS (HGW) March 1976

MS 453/16

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