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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bell Stane (Queensferry) Alternative Name: Covenanters LaneCountry: Scotland County: Midlothian Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Queensferry
Map Ref: NT12827840
Latitude: 55.990613N Longitude: 3.399087W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Midlothian
This stone, now destroyed, is recorded on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) page for Bell Stane, Queensferry, Midlothian, where they describe the archaeology and history of the area immediately surrounding the stone, and show its location on an 1896 map. TNA tell us that Stuart Harris, an Edinburgh historian, fromhis research in many sources, thought the site to be "a conspicuous boulder or standing stone."
TNA also point us to Canmore ID 50517, which says this is only a "carved stone, set into wall of house, decorated with an owl. The Bell Stane was probably a stone near the Mercat Cross on which the hand bell was set (rung to herald the opening of the weekly market or annual fair). At a later date the "Bell Stane" was applied to the locality." Their record also includes an image of the carved stone.
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