Tag Archives: Renfrewshire

Clochoderick Stone, Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire

Posted on January 29, 2019 by

Rocking Stone:  OS Grid Reference – NS 37363 61280 Also Known as: Canmore ID 42329 Archaeology & History On the outer southern edge of Kilbarchan parish—right near the ancient boundary line itself—this giant stone of the druids is seems to be well-known … Continue reading →

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Overlee, Clarkston, Renfrewshire

Posted on March 2, 2018 by

Souterrains & Settlement (destroyed):  OS Grid Reference – NS 577 572 Also Known as: Canmore ID 43802 Archaeology & History This was an astonishing-sounding place, little-known beyond the pages of specialist historians.  It has been described in modern terms as simply “subterranean structures”, … Continue reading →

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St. Peter’s Well, Houston, Renfrewshire

Posted on June 5, 2017 by

Holy Well:  OS Grid Reference — NS 40764 67503 Also Known as: Canmore ID 43125 Archaeology & History Located on the north side of the village, in a field east of Greenhill Farm, this old Well was once (still is?) covered … Continue reading →

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Craigenfeoch, Johnstone, Renfrewshire

Posted on December 21, 2016 by

Cup-and-Ring Stone:  OS Grid Reference – NS 4361 6173 Also Known as: Canmore ID 43233 Craigton Woods Carving Getting Here Get yourselves to Johnstone or Elderslie (which just about fuse into each other) and off the B789 road, make your way … Continue reading →

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Larkfield Moor, Inverkip, Renfrewshire

Posted on November 30, 2015 by

Cup-and-Ring Stone (destroyed):  OS Grid Reference – NS 2295 7591 Also Known as: Canmore ID 41327 Archaeology & History When the moorland here was still free from the dodgy factory workings of Texas Instruments (UK) Ltd, a Mr F. Newall (1960) … Continue reading →

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Boydstone Road, Eastwood, Glasgow, Renfrewshire

Posted on March 17, 2010 by

Standing Stone (destroyed):  OS Grid Reference – NS 540 607 Archaeology & History There is very little known of this once proud standing stone, said by one writer to have been about 12 feet long: six-feet of it in the … Continue reading →

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