Ring of Standing Stones in Cemetery wood
Introduction
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Ring of Standing Stones in Cemetery wood
Image: © Elliott Simpson Taken: 21 Mar 2008
Some of the "stones" proved to be pieces of tree trunk. However there were four stones on a circular platform (Bronze Age). The legend on site describes this as "One of only two four-posters in the country" (where is the other??) and "the only one to contain a burial cist". See also The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) listing http://www.rcahms.gov.uk/pls/portal/newcanmore.details_gis?inumlink=24857
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Image Location
Latitude
56.367689
Longitude
-3.976294