Standing Stone
Standing Stone is an archaeological site in Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland. Standing Stone is situated nearby to the forest Trochie Braes, as well as near Kells Cemetery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kells Parish Church and Balmaclellan Church.
Kells Parish Church
Church
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kells Parish Church is situated 3,400 feet southwest of Standing Stone.
Balmaclellan Church
Church
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Balmaclellan Church is situated 4,200 feet east of Standing Stone.
Barscobe Castle
Castle
Photo: JMiall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barscobe Castle is a 17th-century tower house in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. It is a typical house of a country laird, and according to a panel above the entrance, was built in 1648. Barscobe Castle is situated 1½ miles northeast of Standing Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Balmaclellan and New Galloway.
Balmaclellan
Village
Photo: Colin Kinnear, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balmaclellan is a small hillside village of stone houses with slate roofs in a fold of the Galloway hills in south-west Scotland. To the west, across the Ken River, the larger and more prosperous New Galloway lies below the Rhinns of Kells.
New Galloway
Village
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New Galloway is a town in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway. It lies on the west side of the valley of the Water of Ken, 1 mile north of the end of Loch Ken.
St John’s Town of Dalry
Village
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St John's Town of Dalry, usually referred to simply as Dalry, is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire. St John’s Town of Dalry is situated 1½ miles northwest of Standing Stone.
Standing Stone
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dumfries and Galloway, South West, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.08817° or 55° 5′ 17″ northLongitude
-4.13419° or 4° 8′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C7Q3VQ8+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 3271549927OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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