Site type STANDING STONE(S)
Canmore ID 48561
Site Number NT02SE 43
NGR NT 094 238
Council SCOTTISH BORDERS, THE
Parish TWEEDSMUIR
Former Region BORDERS
Former District TWEEDDALE
Former County PEEBLES-SHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NT02SE 43 094 238 to 0938 2388.

(NT 094 238) Standing Stones. A quarter of a mile NE of Menzion farmhouse, the road to Tweedsmuir passes between two standing stones. The more northerly stone, situated 10 yds W of the roadway measures about 2 ft. 3 in square at ground level and stands to a height of 2 ft 6 in. The other stone is 25 yds SE of the first and 12 yds E of the roadway. It, too, is almost square on plan, measuring about 2 ft 2 in along each side at ground level, and stands to a height of 2 ft.
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1956

There are no standing stones in the area which is now under forestry but at NT 0938 2388 are two weathered recumbent stones measuring 1.9m x 1.0m x 0.4m and 1.4m x 0.9m x 0.3m which may have formerly been erect.
Visited by OS (JP) 17 August 1972

RCAHMS (1967a) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Peeblesshire: an inventory of the ancient monuments, 2v Edinburgh
Page(s): 63, No.105 Held at RCAHMS A.1.1.INV/17