Earlston
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Earlston
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 55501
Site Number NT53NE 2
NGR NT 5966 3975
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/55501
- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Earlston
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Ettrick And Lauderdale
- Former County Berwickshire
NT53NE 2 5966 3975.
(NT 5966 3975) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1967)
This standing stone, which measures 5ft high by 2ft 6ins wide and 3ft 6ins long, is situated on a knowe about 20 yds SE of the Earlston - West Morriston road. It stands at the W end of two small houses which take their name from it (Name Book 1857). (Standingstone - now demolished.)
RCAHMS 1915, visited 1914
This unsculptured stone stands on a slight ridge. Its dimensions and location agree with the RCAHMS description.
Visited by OS (JD) 20 May 1955.
Field Visit (29 April 1914)
136B. Standing Stone, Purvishaugh.
About ¼ mile north-west of Purvishaugh farm-steading, and about 650 yards south-east of Grizzlefield ‘East Rings’ fort (No. 134 [NT54SE 6]), on a knowe some 20 yards south-east of the Earlston and West Morriston Road, is a monolith measuring 5 feet in height, 2 feet 6 inches in width, and 3 feet 6 inches in length.
RCAHMS 1915, visited 29th April 1914.
OS Map: Ber., xxvi. SE. (unnoted).
Sbc Note (15 April 2016)
Visibility: Standing structure or monument.
Information from Scottish Borders Council
