Kirklandhill menhir

The Kirklandhill Menhir is in a cultivated field on the A198, about 300 m southwest of Kirklandhill Farm, at Tyninghame , west of Dunbar in East Lothian , Scotland .

The 3.36 m high menhir ( English standing stone ) has an approximately square cross-section. Its sides are about 0.5 m long near the ground.

About 3.7 km to the west, on the A 199, is the 3.0 m high triangular menhir Pencraig Hill or Pencraig Brae.

literature

• Euan W. MacKie: Scotland. An Archaeological Guide from the earliest times to the 12th century AD Faber & Faber, London 1975, ISBN 0-571-09871-1 .
• RCAHMS - The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland: Eighth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of East Lothian. HMSO, Edinburgh 1924, pp. 131-132.

Web links

• Entry on Kirklandhill Menhir  in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
• Description French and picture

Coordinates: 55 ° 59 ′ 23.8 "  N , 2 ° 36 ′ 55.2"  W.