Glenturk
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Glenturk
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 63372
Site Number NX45NW 6
NGR NX 4238 5758
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Wigtown
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX45NW 6 4238 5758.
See also NX45NW 45.
(Area NX 423 580) Within the building of the wall which bounds on the W. the road to Wigtown from Penninghame, and about 1/2m N of Glenturk is a standing stone. It is pointed to its upper end, and measures 5 5" in height above ground. Within the field, some 35' to the westwards, stands a pointed boulder 3'6" in height, with another similar boulder lying displaced beside it. These stones are possibly the remains of a stone circle. There is said to have been in former times a croft here called 'Croft an Righ'.
RCAHMS 1912
The only stone which resembles a standing stone conforming approximately to the description given by RCAHMS, is built into the wall at NX 4238 5758. No other stones were located and this would appear to be a very doubtful antiquity. Croft an Righ is shown at NX 4362 5561 (OS 1:1056 plan of 1848 in Wigtown Pavilion).
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RD) 19 August 1970
