OS1/14/60/61
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STONE CIRCLE (Remains of) [Newbigging] | Circle (Site of) (and) Standing Stone Circle (Site of) (and) Standing Stone |
New Stat [Statistical] Account Land of the Lindsays Rev. [Reverend] F. Cruickshanks John Ramsay, Newbigging |
019 | Though nothing now remains of this Circle but one very large upright stone, measuring 5 feet 4 inches high, 9 feet in circumference at the base, and 6 feet 3 inches at the top, yet its site is plainly traceable, and is slightly raised from the ground around it, It was an immense Cairn, 40 feet in diameter according to the farmer of Newbigging, containing 400 cartloads of stones which he removed, "There are the remains of two or three small Druidical temples. One at Newbigging, near the remains of an ancient Castle or Tower called Dennyfern. New Stat Acct. [Statistical Account]. The one Stone standing is so large that this may be considered to be the remains of a "Stone Circle" of which the large quantity of small stones formed the raised plateau, the ring of which is still visible. [Initialled] J.B. Lt.Col.R.E. [Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers] |
| PRIEST'S STONE | Priest's Stone Priest's Stone Priest's Stone |
James Burnet, Mill of Lethnot John Ramsay, Newbigging Alexander Mitchell, Townhead |
019 | A standing stone of which nothing is known except the name, It is 3 feet high, three feet in diameter at base, and a foot and a half at top. |
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[Page] 61Co. [County] Forfar -- Parish of Lethnot
Stone Circle [note]
"Some twenty years ago, a good specimen of
concentric circles stood on the farm of Newbigging
about a mile north of the house, but of the twenty or thirty
large stones which enclosed an area of from 50 to 60 feet
only one remains, the rest having been carried away for
various utilitarian parishes. This boulder which is about
8 feet high is sometimes called the Druidical, but
commonly the "Stannin Stane of Nebigging"
Land of the Lindsays p. [page] 125
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