Four stone setting
Images
The NW arc (with the four-stone setting in the centre distance).
15/4/02
15/4/02- another couple of the stones nestling in the vegetation!
15/4/02- the only part of this ring which isn’t hidden in heather
Articles
In September 2003, the heather had been burnt away making the stones more visible. Two new images added – the most complete arc of the circle and the stone setting which may be the one Burl is quoted in Canmore as saying may be related to Four Posters.
Crow Stones
Monday 15/4/02
Only by the use of the pylons and an old sheep fold was I able to locate this site. With the help of the 1:25000 map I knew that these stones were almost in line with the last pylon before the road. This oval of stones really is huge, but it’s very difficult to perceive the site overall as only four of the about 19 or 20 stones are not hidden in thick heather. This site appears on the OS map as an arc with it’s open side facing NE. This is clearly wrong- there are stones along the NE arc. If anything there may be a gap in the very SE, but I reckon the stone(s) from here have either sunk in the peat, or have been removed. Were this site on a solid grass plain I think it would be of great importance and much visited. However, most of the stones are slowly sinking or have sunk into the peat and practically all are hidden in the dense heather. The site measures 43 m NW/SE by 33 m NE/SW- a fairly large monument- especially considering the other sites in the Whiteadder area.
Curiously this site isn’t mentioned by either Burl or MacLeans guide to stones in this area. It is, however, marked on the 1:50000 OS map and on the 1:25000 map looks like a semi-circular setting of stones, but only a visit post-FMD will tell.
An entry from Ancient Stones, an online database that covers most of the standing stones, stone circles and other stones found in South East Scotland. Each entry includes details, directions, photograph, folklore, parking and field notes on each location.
Sites within 20km of Crow Stones
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Blue House Cairn
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Nine Stone Rig
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Kingside Burn Stones
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Kingside Hill Stone Circle
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Mayshiel Stone Circle
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Tavers Cleugh Cairn
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Penshiel Hill Stones
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Kell Burn Alignment
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Spartleton Edge Cairn
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Penshiel Grange Stones
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Penshiel Stones
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White Castle Fort
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Spartleton Cairn
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Spartleton Edge Stones
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Spartleton Edge Standing Stone
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Yadlee Stone Circle
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Witches Cairn
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Hopes Fort
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Bothwell Water
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Mutiny Stones
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Hare Law
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The Castles
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The Rood Well
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Standingstone Farm
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Sheriffside
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Loths Stone
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Lammer Law
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Traprain Law
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The Maiden Stone
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Traprain Souterrain
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Twinlaw
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Kidlaw
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Cockles Stone
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The Witches’ Stone
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Pencraig Hill Standing Stone
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Doonhill
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Kirklandhill Standing Stone
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Easter Broomhouse Standing Stone
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Dirrington Great Law
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Drylawhill Cursus
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Shannabank Hill
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Long Bog
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Seaton Law
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Borrowston Rig
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Burrow Stones
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Borrowston Rig South
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Broxmouth
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Bruntaburn Mill Standing Stone
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Dabshead
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Dabshead
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Cockburn Law
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Odin’s Hall
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Whitekirk
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The Chesters
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Cambridge Standing Stone
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Thirlestane
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Overhowden
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Blackcastle Rings
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Duns Law
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Berwick Law
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