More information : (NY 93757454) Standing Stone (L.B.) (1)
Cup-markings on an eroded standing stone at Swinburne. (2)
The stone bears three definite cup-markings on the SE face. See photograph. (3)
NY 9375 7454. Standing stone 770m SE of Swinburne Castle. Scheduled RSM No 20936. A standing stone of Late Neolithic/Bronze Age date situated on a long promontory formed by the confluence of the Coal and Swin Burns. The stone, rectangular in section, measures 1.4m wide by 0.6m in breadth. It stands to a height of 3.3m with its top much
pitted and gullied by the action of natural weathering. Both sides of the broad standing stone are occupied by cupmark. These are most numerous on the S side of the stone. (4)
Swinburne Standing StoneH00768 NY 9390 7460
The largest standing stone in the county, on private land, has cup marks on its north and south faces. It stands in an intreguing landscape of cultivation terraces and burial cairns. The north face has four ovals and about 15 other cups, some small; there are two prominent cups on the south face and 10 faint cups. (5)
A prehistoric standing stone is visible as a structure on air photographs at NY 9375 7454. (6) |