Glen Cottage
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Glen Cottage
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 60325
Site Number NW95NE 21
NGR NW 9927 5533
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Portpatrick
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NW95NE 21 9927 5533.
This standing stone is situated 35m SSW of Glen Cottage, on the level ground between the cottage and a steep-sided promontory known as the Islay Knoll. It is a rounded granite pillar measuring 1.25m in height by a maximum of 0.6m by 0.4m at the base; immediately above the base the stone contracts to a thickness of only 0.25m, expanding gradually back to 0.4m just below its rounded top.
The stone is not depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Wigtownshire, 1849, sheet 21), but there is no local knowledge of it being erected at a relatively recent date.
RCAHMS 1985, visited (SH) August 1984
