73 Tombeg

Great Crowns of Stone reference number - Not mentioned

Canmore reference number - 18064

Parking Spot - What3Words ///comment.inherits.elite or digital coordinates 57.218427, -2.533518

Site location - What3Words ///array.doll.changed or digital coordinates 57.217995, -2.532820

Route from Parking Spot to Site - OS Maps

Distance from Parking Spot to site 80m

Terrain - Through woodland and over small stone dyke.

Date first visited site 6th August 2022

The one remaining standing stone looks like it maybe a circle stone that has a 1" drill hole near the base on the inner face. Around 6 ~ 8 meters infront of this stone is a massive well dressed stone almost fully buried and is only visible by the drop off in ground level, shape and size would suggest that this could be the recumbent stone

72 Nether Coullie

Great Crowns of Stone reference number - Appendix 1 - 65 Page 533 (PDF)

Canmore reference number - 18657

Parking Spot - What3Words ///flattered.camera.splice or digital coordinates 57.229746, -2.478095

Site location - What3Words ///things.variation.backup or digital coordinates 57.230636, -2.482332

Route from Parking Spot to Site - OS Maps

Distance from Parking Spot to site 440m

Terrain - Through field, avoid damage to crop, avoid worrying cattle / sheep, over a ladder gate.

Date first visited site 6th August 2022

On the way to the stone I met the very friendly farmer who recalled his father telling him about how they used small amounts of explosive / gunpowder to split the stones apart, the remains of the broken stones can be seen on the farm track and along the far side of the field.

The stone is a 2.7 meter flat triangular shape and is fallen, it is thought that this was one of the flanker's.

71 Gray Stone

Great Crowns of Stone reference number - 33 Page 368 (PDF)

Canmore reference number - 19227

Parking Spot - What3Words ///cactus.cheerily.snowboard or digital coordinates 57.617683, -2.342265

Site location - What3Words ///parkland.spine.submerged or digital coordinates 57.617305, -2.341662

Route from Parking Spot to Site - OS Maps

Distance from Parking Spot to site 70m

Terrain - Through field, avoid damage to crop, avoid worrying cattle / sheep, over a ladder gate.

Date first visited site 27th July 2022

The massive recumbent stone is all that remains of this circle. Referencing drawings and information from  Great Crowns of Stone, the impressive recumbent stone has fallen back and is supported at one end by a few smaller stones.

Click here for the - Gray Stone walk through

70 St Brandan's Stanes

Great Crowns of Stone reference number - 58 Page 447 (PDF)

Canmore reference number - 18495

Parking Spot - What3Words ///magpie.wrist.develop or digital coordinates 57.637465, -2.653391

Site location - What3Words ///hologram.modules.suspended or digital coordinates 57.637761, -2.659084

Route from Parking Spot to Site - OS Maps

Distance from Parking Spot to site 420m

Terrain - Through field, avoid damage to crop, avoid worrying cattle / sheep.

Date first visited site 27th July 2022

The two very large stones that remain standing are most likely to be the flankers. The recumbent has either been removed or broken up. There are a number of medium stones inbetween and around the two flankers which maybe the circle stones or cairn kerbstones having been pushed together. One of these stones that rest's against the right hand flanker has a number of cup mark's

69 Bankhead (Ghost Site)

Great Crowns of Stone reference number - 10 Page 303 (PDF)

Canmore reference number - 17663

Parking Spot - What3Words ///screening.siesta.rewriting or digital coordinates 57.327391 -2.775654

Site location - What3Words ///half.sigh.detective or digital coordinates 57.329169, -2.777403

Route from Parking Spot to Site - OS Maps

Distance from Parking Spot to site 250m

Terrain - Along farm track.

Date first visited site 16th July 2022

I did knock at the farm house a couple of times to make my presence known but there was no answer. I looked around the stones and took some pictures when an older gentleman, who was one of the family that manage the farm, approached me and so I explained myself. He was very friendly and we got talking about the large well dressed recumbent, I mentioned that one of the books I use (Great Crowns of Stone) said that this large stone was part of the stone circle that was originally in the next field at which point he pointed to the top of the field which was where I was about to wave my hand in that general direction. Then I mentioned that the large long stone had been larger at one point and had been moved from the circle when it was cleared around 1866 to become part of the field's stone dyke and then moved from the dyke to beside the pond where it is now. There was a smile on this gentleman's face and a glint in his eyes, he said that's right and told me that he helped move it from the dyke in 1973 to where it sits now. My jaw must of hung open for a while, the chap made his excuses as he needed to go and tell his son's how they weren't doing a task correctly and shook my hand and was off. This is technically one of the three destroyed sites or ghost sites listed in GCoS as the original circle location had been cleared 150 years ago.

68 Ardtannes Cottages (Ghost Site)

Great Crowns of Stone reference number - 4 Page 289 (PDF)

Canmore reference number - 18906

Parking Spot - What3Words ///device.enthused.downhill or digital coordinates 57.271494, -2.400424

Site location - What3Words ///emulated.discouraged.they or digital coordinates 57.273758, -2.403169

Route from Parking Spot to Site - OS Maps

Distance from Parking Spot to site 360m

Terrain - Through field, avoid damage to crop, avoid worrying cattle / sheep.

Date first visited site 16th July 2022

This is one of the three destroyed sites or ghost sites that's listed in Great Crowns of Stone and I can confirm that there is indeed nothing here, nothing, not a sausage. There is a medium / large stone at the top of the field along with a pile of some medium stones that are far too big to be stones from ploughing, however GCoS mention that the circles had been cleared away before 1866 so there is little chance of finding anything. I am not sure what the technical term is to validate that theres nothing there but I can say it's not very satisfying at all. Rightly you may ask why bother visiting such a ghost site and your right it's a bit mad but if it's listed in GCoS then I shall try to visit the site

67 Blue Cairn of Ladieswell

Great Crowns of Stone reference number - 14 Page 314 (PDF)

Canmore reference number - 17000

Parking Spot - What3Words ///hung.romantics.consonant or digital coordinates 57.139648, -2.962187

Site location - What3Words ///noise.detonated.lipstick or digital coordinates 57.144014, -2.974319

Route from Parking Spot to Site - OS Maps

Distance from Parking Spot to site 1.04Km

Terrain - Farm & Woodland track.

Date first visited site 16th July 2022

From the track head into the woods to the stones at What3Words ///abode.backs.weeknight or digital coordinates 57.144338, -2.973921

The long recumbent stone still stands, there is no sign of the flanker's however all the remaining circle stones have fallen, are broken and are merged with the fallen kerb stones that circle the massive cairn. The cairn is significant but has been heavily excavated leaving trenches through the site. Due to the heavy forest floor over growth it is difficult to get the true size of this massive site from these pictures.