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Fordell
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Fordell
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Aberdour Lodge
Canmore ID 50892
Site Number NT18SE 4
NGR NT 15930 84470
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/50892
- Council Fife
- Parish Aberdour (Dunfermline)
- Former Region Fife
- Former District Dunfermline
- Former County Fife
NT18SE 4 1593 8446.
(NT 1593 8446) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6"map, Fife (1928).
This standing stone, a roughly rectangular block of sandstone, is situated on the crest of rising ground. Its upper portions are weathered into a series of deep grooves. It is 6'6" high and has a girth of between 6' and 9'10"; there is no packing at its base.
RCAHMS 1933.
This standing stone, main axis NNE-SSW, is as described,
Visited by OS(AC) 11 March 1959.
No change to previous field report.
Visited by OS(BS) 18 December 1975.
Field Visit (4 August 1925)
Standing Stone, Fordell South Lodge.
On the crest of a rising ground immediately to the north of the railway bridge at Fordell South Lodge, and about 100 yards to the west of the Lodge gates, is a roughly rectangular block of sandstone. It is rudely weathered on the upper portions of its sides into a series of deep grooves, in the same manner as the cup-marked standing stone at Torryburn [NT08NW 3]. It has been set up without any apparent base-packing, at an elevation between the 100 and 150 feet contours and with its main axis due north and south. It is 6 feet 6 inches high above ground and has a girth of 8 feet 5 inches at the base, expanding to 9 feet 10 inches at the middle and then diminishing to approximately 6 feet at the much weathered top.
RCAHMS 1933, visited 4 August 1925.
