Warrior's Rest

The menhir ( English standing stone ) Warrior's Rest stands on the southeast corner of the cottage of the same name, about 300 m west of the church of Yarrow in the Scottish Borders in Scotland .

The round phallic stone is 1.6 m high and 1.75 m in circumference at the base and 1.20 m at the shoulder. The stone, inclined slightly to the south, marks a Bronze Age burial ground and an early Christian cemetery.

The stone is, like the nearby Glebe Stone , a classic menhir and not an inscribed gravestone like the Yarrow Stone, which is about 600 m away . The three stones can be seen from the A708 (road) from Selkirk to Moffat .

The stone is said to have been raised again in the early 19th century when stone boxes and cairns were found in the area.

There are similarities with the menhir at Midshiels Farm .

literature

• JR Baldwin: Exploring Scotland's heritage: Lothian and the Borders . Exploring Scotland's heritage series, Edinburgh 1985

Web links

• Description Engl. and picture ( Memento from April 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
• Description Engl. and picture

Coordinates: 55 ° 32 '21.1 "  N , 3 ° 1' 27.9"  W.