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Kirroughtree

Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Site Name Kirroughtree

Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 63435

Site Number NX46NW 16

NGR NX 4272 6537

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Dumfries And Galloway
  • Parish Minnigaff
  • Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
  • Former District Wigtown
  • Former County Kirkcudbrightshire

Archaeology Notes

NX46NW 16 4272 6537.

(NX 42726537) Standing Stone of Kirroughtree (NR)

OS 6" map (1909)

Before being broken and removed in 1835, a large standing stone of granite stood here. It was about 7ft high and 10 1/2ft in circumference. A hollow still remains where it stood.

Name Book 1849

No further information could be found regarding the stone, the name of which is not known locally. The hollow at the site is almost certainly an old quarry.

Visited by OS (RD) 26 September 1966

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