Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Images

Image of Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) by drewbhoy

Beautiful wee stone near the road.

Image credit: drew/A/B

drewbhoy Oct 28, 2017

Image of Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) by drewbhoy

Looking east.

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drewbhoy Oct 28, 2017

Image of Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) by drewbhoy

The north looking south.

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drewbhoy Oct 28, 2017

Image of Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) by drewbhoy

East side of the stone.

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drewbhoy Oct 28, 2017

Image of Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) by drewbhoy

The stone from the road to the east, early evening.

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drewbhoy Oct 28, 2017

Image of Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) by drewbhoy

Image credit: drew/A/B

drewbhoy Oct 28, 2017

Image of Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) by nickbrand

Hold the camera up and shoot straight down...

nickbrand Nov 19, 2002

Image of Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) by nickbrand

Final attempt to see the image

nickbrand Nov 19, 2002

Image of Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) by nickbrand

The cup marks from another angle

nickbrand Nov 19, 2002

Image of Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) by nickbrand

The cup marks on the top

nickbrand Nov 19, 2002

Image of Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) by nickbrand

Still can’t see this image

nickbrand Nov 19, 2002

Image of Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) by nickbrand

The south east edge

nickbrand Nov 19, 2002

Image of Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) by nickbrand

The image on the SW face (no, I can’t see it either)

nickbrand Nov 19, 2002

Image of Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) by nickbrand

The stone looking north

nickbrand Oct 29, 2002

Image of Westerton (Standing Stone / Menhir) by nickbrand

The stone looking south-east

nickbrand Oct 29, 2002

Articles

Westerton

Standing Stone / Menhir

drewbhoy Nov 4, 2017

Follow Mr Brands directions and you will find that the stone and its cup marks haven’t moved. We couldn’t see the man on the stone so presumably he has moved on. Quite what this man was up to I’m not clearly sure but it looks like some kind of fertility symbol. The picture on the link seems get a grip of the situation.

The stone has been fenced in and the entrance is near the wall.

Visited 26/10/2017.

Westerton

Standing Stone / Menhir

nickbrand Oct 29, 2002

From Forfar head east on the A932 Friockeim road. Turn north onto the un-numbered Aberlemno road by Balgavies Loch, until a small crossroads is reached. Just north of this junction you will see the stone in a field on your left (west side of the road.) This at first appears an unassuming stone, standing about 1.2m high. Flat-faced, with the faces approximately due south-west/north-east. However, it repays closer examination. Along with 5 cup marks along the top ridge, on the SW face is (allegedly) a very faint outline of a man. I had a good look, and could make out some faint lines, but the stone is very eroded.

Westerton

Standing Stone / Menhir

drewbhoy Nov 4, 2017

Canmore

Interesting picture.

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Cairn(s) • 11.74km WNW

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Cairn(s) • 12.71km N

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Standing Stone / Menhir • 12.74km WNW

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Hillfort • 12.82km N

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Cairn(s) • 13.14km WNW

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Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 17.49km SW

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