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Kirklandhill

Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Site Name Kirklandhill

Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 57750

Site Number NT67NW 4

NGR NT 6171 7761

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council East Lothian
  • Parish Whitekirk And Tyninghame
  • Former Region Lothian
  • Former District East Lothian
  • Former County East Lothian

Archaeology Notes

NT67NW 4 6171 7761.

(NT 6171 7761) Standing Stone (NR)

OS 6" map (1971)

Standing Stone, Kirklandhill: This standing stone is situated in a cultivated field about 300m SW of Kirklandhill steading. It is 3.36m high and approximately square in section. Its sides are about 0.5m long at ground level.

RCAHMS 1924, visited 1913; E W MacKie 1975

This standing stone is as described.

Visited by OS (EGC) 5 November 1962.

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Field Visit (24 June 1913)

206. Standing Stone, Kirklandhill.

In a cultivated field about 300 yards south-west of Kirklandhill steading is a tall stone pillar, 11 feet high and 6 feet 9 inches in girth at the base, which is almost rhomboidal on plan, with sides varying from 20 inches to 22 inches in breadth. It has a slight slant to the south.

RCAHMS 1924, visited 24 June 1913

OS Map ref: vi. S.W.

Field Visit (5 November 1962)

This standing stone is as described.

Visited by OS (EGC) 5 November 1962.

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