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Category Archives: Lothian, West
Kipps, Linlithgow, West Lothian
Stone Circle (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 9909 7387 Also Known as: Canmore ID 47920 Archaeology & History In an Address to the Scottish Society of Antiquaries in the middle of the 19th century, Sir James Simpson (1862) pointed out … Continue reading
Posted in Lothian, West, Scotland, Stone Circles
Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cromlechs, death, dolmens, earth mysteries, folklore, Heathenism, heritage, Linlithgow, marriage ceremonies, megalithic, Megaliths, neolithic, prehistoric siets, Scotland, Stone Circles, tombs, Torphichen, West Lothian
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Gormyre, Torphichen, West Lothian
Standing Stone (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 9836 7315 Also Known as: Canmore ID 47916 Archaeology & History A couple of fields east of one of Torphichen’s Refuge Stones (a prehistoric thing by the look of it!), another standing stone could … Continue reading
Posted in Lothian, West, Scotland, Standing Stones
Tagged ancient sites, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, earth mysteries, heritage, Linlithgow, megalithic, Megaliths, monoliths, neolithic, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, Standing Stones, Torphichen, West Lothian
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Cairnpapple Carvings, Torpichen, West Lothian
Cup-Marked Stones: OS Grid Reference – NS 98717 71739 Archaeology & History A profile of two seemingly trivial cup-marked stones is called for, out of memory for the carvings and also because they are now hidden in some vault somewhere, … Continue reading
Posted in Cup-and-Ring Stones, Lothian, West, Scotland
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, burial, cairns, carved stones, cup-and-rings, cup-markings, death, earth mysteries, heritage, neolithic, petroglyphs, prehistoric rock art, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, tombs, Torpichen, tumuli, West Lothian
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Gala Braes (1), Bathgate, West Lothian
Standing Stone: OS Grid Reference – NS 98818 69839 Also Known as: Canmore ID 47758 Getting Here Various ways to get here: from Bathgate either take the Drumcross Road eastwards and up, or north up the Puir Wife’s Brae till … Continue reading
Standing Stone, Linlithgow, West Lothian
Standing Stone (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – NS 99 77 Archaeology & History Not included in the Canmore listings, nor that of the Scottish Royal Commission (1929), this lost standing stone once stood somewhere in Linlithgow town itself. It was referred … Continue reading
