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The Gowk Stane, Auchencorth
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name The Gowk Stane, Auchencorth
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 51642
Site Number NT25NW 3
NGR NT 20403 57642
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51642
- Council Midlothian
- Parish Penicuik (Midlothian)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT25NW 3 2039 5764.
(NT 2039 5764) Stone (NAT)
OS 6" map (1957)
The Gowk Stone, a sandstone monolith, stands some 800 yds E of Auchencorth farm steading, c 900' OD, on the highest point of a small ridge. It is almost rectangular at the base, but pointed at the top, and measures 6'3" high, 2'9" broad at the base, and 1' 9" thick. The top portion of its E face, above two weathered vertical grooves, has been chiselled off to a depth of 3 1/2", and here, on a panel with a horizontal beading above and below is a fragmentary inscription in well-cut Roman capitals, which may not be ancient, and of which only a few letters are now legible. They are in three lines, ......RK....; TI....DUM...; and ..X...BOUNTI.
RCAHMS 1929; visited 1915; F R Coles 1903
As described. Name confirmed.
Visited by OS (RD) 20 February 1970
Note (1988)
The Gowk Stone, Auchencorth NT 2039 5764 NT25NW 3
This stone, which stands on the crest of a low rise in a field 730m E of Auchencorth farm, measures 0.8m by 0.4m at the base by 2m in height. On the upper part of the SE face there is a panel bearing a three line inscription carved in Roman capitals, but only a few letters are still legible, and it is thought to be of relatively recent date.
RCAHMS 1988
(Coles 1903, 210-12; RCAHMS 1929, 157, no. 209)
