The Thieves (stone pair)

The Thieves ( German  the thieves - also called Blair Hill) are two bizarre menhirs . They stand north of Minnigaff , in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, and are a stone pair (possibly the remains of a stone circle ). The stones ( English standing stones ) are about 4.35 m apart, in the southeast of an approximately 10.0 × 7.8 m, oval, not very old border, which is formed by a low wall of stone rubble.

One of the stones is about 2.0 m, the other 2.2 m high. The edge of a broken, thin, four-foot-long slab protrudes through the lawn between and a little southeast of them.

The thief's stones are said to have got their name from the fact that several privateers were executed here under King David II (1324–1371).

Nearby are the Clyde Tomb von Drannandow and Rorie Gill's Cairn, named after one of the executed privateers .

literature

• RCAHMS: The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Fifth report and inventory of monuments and constructions in Galloway, II, county of the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. Edinburgh 1914

Web links

• Description Engl. and picture
• Entry on The Thieves  in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
• Description Engl. Sketch and picture

Coordinates: 55 ° 0 ′ 47.5 "  N , 4 ° 29 ′ 48.8"  W.