North Port O' Spittal
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name North Port O' Spittal
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 60621
Site Number NX05SW 2
NGR NX 0269 5242
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60621
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Stoneykirk
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX05SW 2 0269 5242.
(NX 0269 5242) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
This granite standing stone is 4' 9" high and 2' square at base. (See also NX05SW 11).
RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911
This stone is as described.
Visited by OS (WDJ) 1 September 1970
(NX 0268 5241) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 1:10000 map (1976)
This stone stands at the corner of a modern enclosure on a gravel terrace 220m SE of North Port o'Spittal farmhouse; it is roughly square in section, measuring 0.7m by 0.6m at the base and 1.4m in height.
Name Book; RCAHMS 1912; 1985, visited (SH) August 1984