Drybridgestone

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Drybridgestone

The Drybridgestone is a menhir ( English standing stone ) near the old train station in the hamlet of Drybridge, near Irvine in North Ayrshire in Scotland .

The cuboid menhir damaged at the top is the only one that was recorded in the flat so-called “stane field”. It has a height of 2.6 m and a circumference of about 4.0 m, with a maximum width of 1.3 m. An ax head was found nearby.

The area also has a cursus , a henge , a double concentric stone circle and several locations with flint deposits .

The Dirrans burial stone box is also located near Irvine .

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Coordinates: 55 ° 35 ′ 37.9 "  N , 4 ° 36 ′ 19.5"  W.