craigmaddie standing stones

The Auld Wifes Lifts 1

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paganman Jul 22, 2011 14:47:23

Does anyone have any info on the standing stones at craigmaddie moor.I was there the other day and I could'nt find them,a local man said that there never was any standing stones only gateposts?

wideford Jul 22, 2011 17:20:57

Replying to paganman

Craigmaddie Muir, Auld Wives' Lifts has two monument records : NS57NE 25 at NS5818576458 carved natural and in situ rocks including possible Celtic heads, NS57NE 26 at NS5876 cruciform carved boulders :-
http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/44423/details/craigmaddie+muir+auld+wives+lifts/
http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/44424/details/craigmaddie+muir/

Howburn Digger Jul 22, 2011 17:59:28

Replying to paganman

Aye.

They are not really standing stones.

Here

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/7877/auld_wifes_lifts.html

There is also a chambered cairn 200 metres to the East.

And within a square kilometre are the remains of about a dozen cairns scattered across the various Blochairn Farms