Lamancha
Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Lamancha
Classification Ring Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 51670
Site Number NT25SW 5
NGR NT 200 522
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Scottish Borders, The
- Parish Newlands
- Former Region Borders
- Former District Tweeddale
- Former County Peebles-shire
NT25SW 5 c.200 522.
A ring-marked slab of red sandstone, 2ft 6ins by 1ft 10ins by c.4ins thick, discovered in a bank of gravel (J Y Simpson 1868) (gravel pit (Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1870)) at Lamancha, was presented to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS Accession no: IA6) in 1867.
Some other large stones found nearby suggested to Simpson that the site may have been sepulchral but there is no evidence that it formed part of a Bronze Age cist (E McWhite 1946). The stone bears an unusual group of markings, all pecked, including single and double rings and an area of punch-marks. (For full description see RCAHMS 1967)
NMAS 1892; RCAHMS 1967
No further information.
Visited by OS (RD) 6 February 1970
Sbc Note
Visibility: Not applicable. Site of an unprovenanced find.
Information from Scottish Borders Council