Pair of stones from Laggangarn

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Pair of stones from Laggangarn

The stone pair of Laggangarn (also Laggangairn) stands north of the hamlet of Laggangarn , west of Tarf Water , east of Glenwhilly and Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland .

In the 10th century, pilgrims on the way to Saint Ninian's Cave marked the stones on the west side with 60 or 90 cm high crosses.

The stones of gray Silurian - sandstone traditionally considered as survivors of a group of 14 stones, of which seven are still 1,873 in situ were. They are about 60 cm apart, with the northern one over 1.8 m high, over 60 cm wide and about 0.3 m thick. The other is pointed (probably broken off), over 1.5 m high, over 60 cm wide and about 0.2 m thick. A small square pillar in the east is supposed to mark the grave of the farmer who removed some of the stones.

G. Wilson reports that two of the stones, one marked with a cross, were used as goal posts at Pultadie, two similarly at Kilgallioch and three as falls at Laggangarn.

The 1873 soil inspection suggested, according to Wilson, that there were two stone circles , with the remaining stones being the westernmost.

literature

  • J. Murray: The stone circles of Wigtownshire , Trans Dumfriesshire Galloway Natur Hist Antiq Soc, 3rd, vol. 56, 1981. Page (s): 21-3
  • RCAHMS: The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland . Fourth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in Galloway, 1, county of Wigtown. Edinburgh 1912 p. 101-2
  • CAR Radford. G. Donaldson: Whithorn and the ecclesiastical monuments of Wigtownshire , Historic Scotland Guide 2002. p. 23.
  • G. Stell: Dumfries and Galloway, Exploring Scotland's Heritage 'series ed. By Anna Ritchie. 2nd. Edinburgh. 1996

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Coordinates: 55 ° 0 ′ 28.5 "  N , 4 ° 46 ′ 51.2"  W.