Muirhouses, South
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Muirhouses, South
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 56285
Site Number NT57NW 14
NGR NT 5400 7804
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/56285
- Council East Lothian
- Parish Athelstaneford
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District East Lothian
- Former County East Lothian
NT57NW 14 5400 7804.
(NT 5400 7804) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1968)
A stone pillar of regular breadth, slanting towards the N at an angle of 33. It measures 4'6" in length and 9'3" in girth around the middle; it has been packed round the base with small boulders.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 1913
This stone is as described.
Visited by OS (BS) 15 July 1975
This stone is said to mark the southern limit of the 9th century battle described on NT57NW 16.
Name Book 1853
Destroyed in January 1989.
Information from OS 9 August 1989.
Field Visit (3 June 1913)
Some 800 yards south of Muirhouses steading, on the crest of a low ridge, about 150 feet above sea-level, in a field within sight of and about 700 yards from the last mentioned standing stone (RCAHMS 1924, No. 17), is a stone pillar of regular breadth, slanting towards the north at an angle of 33°. It measures 4 feet 6 inches in length and 9 feet 3 inches in girth about the middle, and has been packed round the base with small boulders.
RCAHMS 1924, visited 3 June 1913.
