Woodend of Cluny

The Woodend of Cluny (also called Ton Burn or Woodend) is an approximately 3.25 m high menhir ( English Standing Stone ) made of gray Whinstone. It stands north of Woodend Farm, southwest of Kemnay near the River Ton Burn in Aberdeenshire , Scotland .

The exactly cuboid stone with a cross-section of 1.35 × 1.18 m, which has been under protection since 2007, has a circumference of around 4.07 m at the bottom and 4.34 m at the height of 1.9 m.

The menhir Lang Stane o'Craigearn stands nearby .

literature

• Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie : Scotland. Archeology and Early History (= Ancient peoples and places . 99). Thames and Hudson Ltd., London 1981, ISBN 0-500-02100-7 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Whinstone is a term used in the quarry industry to describe hard, dark rock. Examples of this are igneous rocks, basalt and dolerite as well as the sedimentary rock chert

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Coordinates: 57 ° 12 ′ 38.7 "  N , 2 ° 28 ′ 51"  W.