Alternative Names Bellanrig
Site type STANDING STONE
Canmore ID 51284
Site Number NT23NW 15
NGR NT 2269 3863
Council SCOTTISH BORDERS, THE
Parish MANOR
Former Region BORDERS
Former District TWEEDDALE
Former County PEEBLES-SHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NT23NW 15 2269 3863.

(NT 2269 3863) Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1965)

The standing stone that is built into the wall bordering the NW side of the public road halfway between Manor Bridge and Kirkton Manor is not in its original position and what is presumably the same stone is marked on Armstrong's map of 1775 about 100 yds further to the NW. The stone measures 6 ft 3 in. in height and 4 ft 9 in. by 1 ft 9 in. at ground level. On both the NW and SE faces there are a number of natural hollows which have sometimes been mistaken for prehistoric cup-marks. (Information from A McLaren notebook 1, 138)
RCAHMS 1967, visited 1962

As described.
Visited by OS (RD) 23 June 1971

The original position of this stone may be calculated at about NT 2262 3870.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM) 13 June 1996.

Christison, D (1889b) 'Notes on cup-marked stones in Peeblesshire', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.23
Page(s): 140-1

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.104 Held at RCAHMS A.1.1.INV/17

Smith, I M (1990) The archaeological background to the emergent kingdoms of the Tweed basin in the early historic period. Unpublished PhD thesis submitted to the University of Durham
Page(s): Annex A, no.11.