Yarrow Stone
The Yarrow Stone (also known as Liberalis Stone) is a menhir ( English Standing Stone). It stands about 900 m west of the village of Yarrow, west of Selkirk in the Scottish Borders in Scotland , in a wooden enclosure on the north side of the A708 .
The basalt stone is about 1.5 m high, 82 cm wide and 35 cm thick and bears an early Christian inscription in Latin in memory of two British princes who died in the 5th or 6th century. The area was then under the control of the British Kingdom of Strathclyde , which culturally and linguistically had more in common with Wales than with Scotland.
The plate menhir with the typical (here irregular) shoulder shape was discovered lying flat in 1803 when the moorland known as "Annan Street" was plowed for the first time. At that time there were still around 20 barrows in the vicinity. Human bones were found under the stone. The stone was moved to Bowhill House for safekeeping before being placed on the original site.
The heavily weathered Latin inscription on the east side seems to have been scratched by a layman and reads: “This is the everlasting memory. The famous princes Nudoss and Dumnogenus are located here. In this grave lie the two sons of Liberalis. "
Nearby are the unlabeled menhirs Glebe Stone and Warrior's Rest .
literature
- JR Baldwin: Exploring Scotland's heritage: Lothian and the Borders . Exploring Scotland's heritage series, Edinburgh 1985, pp. 124-125.
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Coordinates: 55 ° 32 '10.7 " N , 3 ° 2' 4.3" W.