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No. 51 -- STANDING STONES -- No. 58

summit of a low ridge at a height of a little over 200 ft.
O.D. It is a rectangular pillar measuring 4 ft. 9 in. in
height and 1 ft. 9 in. by 1 ft. at ground level, and is
probably not a prehistoric monument.

815839 -- NS 88 SW (unnoted) -- 14 February 1954

51. Standing Stone, SW. of Doghillock. This stone
stands at a height of 250 ft. O.D. on the summit of
Toptowie Hill, a quarter of a mile SW. of Doghillock
farmhouse. It is an upright rectangular pillar, measuring
4 ft. 4 in. in height and 1 ft. 6 in. by 1 ft. at ground level,
and may have been erected in comparatively recent
times.

817836 -- NS 88 SW ("Standing Stone" in ordinary type)
14 February 1954

52. Standing Stone, "Wallace's Stone", Wallace-
stone. According to Nimmo's editor, ¹ the original
"Wallace's Stone" was a slab 3 ft. high, 18 in. wide and
3 in. thick; but the monument that now occupies the
site is an ornamental stone pillar, erected in 1810 in
honour of Sir William Wallace, and is of no archaeological
interest.

918770 -- NS 97 NW (unnoted) -- 9 December 1952

53. Standing Stone, Glen Ellrig 1. In the lower part
of the field that lies immediately S. of the ruined house
of Glen Ellrig there is a standing stone measuring
3 ft. 3 in. in height, 1 ft. 3 in. in breadth and 9 in. in
thickness. It is probably not a prehistoric monument.

884739 -- NS 87 SE (unnoted) -- 16 April 1954

54. Standing Stone, Glen Ellrig 2. This stone stands
on a knoll overlooking the River Avon, in the centre of
a small wood enclosed by a drystone dyke, and 320 yds.
nearly due S. of the ruined house of Glen Ellrig. It
is a slab of freestone with one upper corner broken off,
and measures 4 ft. 6 in. in height, 1 ft. 8 in. in width,
and 6 1/2 in. in thickness. Like its neighbour (No. 53), this
stone is probably not a prehistoric monument.

885738 -- NS 87 SE (unnoted -- 16 April 1954

55. Standing Stone, Broadgate. This stone stands
just N. of the road from Campsie to Strathblane, 140
yds. E. of Broadgate farmhouse. It is 4 ft. high and
measures 2 ft. 3 in. by 3 ft. at ground level. It may well
be the stone referred to in the New Statistical Account
as marking the spot where Mr. Stirling of Ballagan was
murdered in the 17th century, ² and should therefore
not necessarily be accepted as of prehistoric origin.

569793 -- NS 57 NE (unnoted) -- 18 June 1954

56. Standing Stone, Parish Graveyard, Strathblane.
A few yards within the entrance to the graveyard of
Strathblane Parish Church (No. 158) a standing stone
appears among the monuments. It is a five-sided pillar,
3 ft. 9 in. high, with an uneven but flattish top. At
ground level the sides range from 1 ft. 9 in. to 2 ft. 3 in.
in width. A standing stone occurs similarly in a grave-
yard at Struan, near Blair Atholl, Perthshire.

563793 -- NS 57 NE (unnoted) -- 10 November 1955

57. Standing Stone, Craigmore Cottage. In the front
garden of Craigmore Cottage there is a standing stone
of local lava measuring 3 ft. 2 in. in height. It tapers
towards the top but is otherwise irregular in shape. It
seems very doubtful whether this stone is an ancient
monument as has been suggested. ³

523799 -- NS 57 NW (unnoted) -- 17 February 1958

58. Standing Stones, Dumgoyach. On the highest part
of a broad ridge which runs SE. from Dumgoyach, ⁴
700 yds. SE. of Dumgoyach farmhouse and at a height
of 250 ft. O.D., there are five standing stones arranged
in a straight line from NW. to SE. (Fig. 6, A-E). Three

[Drawing Inserted]
Fig. 6. Standing stones, Dumgoyach (No. 58)

of the stones (A, B and C) are earthfast, while the other
two (D and E) are recumbent. Stone A is of irregular
shape and leans steeply towards the N. The exposed
portion measures 4 ft. in height, 2 ft. 6 in. in breadth
and 1 ft. 2 in. in thickness. Stone B stands upright at a
distance of 6 ft. NE. of A. It is a pillar of roughly rect-
angular section with an irregularly pointed top, and
measures 5 ft. in height by about 2 ft. 6 in. in thickness.
Stone C, also irregular in shape, is 11 ft. 6 in. NE. of B,

1 History (1817 ed.), i, 197.
2 N.S.A., viii (Stirlingshire), 82.
3 Discovery and Excavation, Scotland 1957, Scottish
Regional Group, Council for British Archaeology, 36.
4 There is no sign of the artificial levelling of the summit of
Dumgoyach mentioned by Smith (Strathblane, 73) and no
reason to suppose that it was ever occupied by a fort.

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