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Crouse, Broom Hill, Hole Stone
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Crouse, Broom Hill, Hole Stone
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 62872
Site Number NX35NE 6
NGR NX 36585 55732
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Kirkinner
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX35NE 6 36585 55732
(NX 3658 5573) Hole Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
This perforated standing stone is a granite boulder 5' high with a circumference of 10ft near the centre. The perforation occurs 14" from the top and about the centre of the breadth and is formed by the connection of two opposing bowl-shaped depressions, about 9" wide and as many deep, by a channel 4in long.
This stone and another about 15 yards to the east, are traditionally said to have been associated with marriage ceremonies.
R W Feachem 1963; RCAHMS 1912; Name Book 1848
The "Hole Stone" is as described. The other stone no longer exists.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 19 August 1970
The removal and destruction of the second stone are said by W Armstrong, antiquarian collector, to have taken place about 1857.
J Williams 1975
