Wright's Houses
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Wright's Houses
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 53604
Site Number NT36SE 9
NGR NT 36410 60607
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Midlothian
- Parish Borthwick
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District Midlothian
- Former County Midlothian
NT36SE 9 3640 6060
(NT 3640 6060) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 25" map (1959)
This standing stone, on the summit of a ridge, is nearly square on plan, narrowing slightly towards the top. It is 5' high and 11'6" in basal girth.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 1914.
A massive upright standing stone, situated in a hedge-row. It measures 0.8m by 0.5m by 1.3m high and has a few, probably natural, deep incisions on it.
Visited by OS (BS) 24 October 1975
Field Visit (6 February 1914)
Standing Stone, near Wright's Houses.
On the summit of the ridge some 80 yards south-east of the cross-roads below Wright's Houses, in the line of the hedge on the eastern side of the road from Borthwick, is a standing stone nearly square on plan and contracting slightly towards the top. It measures 5 feet in height on the side next the field, and 11 feet 6 inches in girth round the base.
RCAHMS 1929, visited 6 February 1914.
OS map: xiv N.E.
Note (1988)
Wright's Houses NT 3640 6060 NT36SE 9
This stone stands in a hedgerow on the summit of a ridge 250m SE of Wright's Houses; it measures 0.8m by 0.6m at the base and 1.3m in height.
RCAHMS 1988
(RCAHMS 1929, 9, no. 4)
