Galabraes Standing Stones
Galabraes Standing Stones is an archaeological site in West Lothian, Scotland. Galabraes Standing Stones is situated nearby to the nature reserve Petershill, as well as near Sunnyside Reservoir.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cairnpapple Hill and Bathgate High Church.
Cairnpapple Hill
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Cairnpapple Hill is a hill with a dominating position in central lowland Scotland with views from coast to coast. It was used and re-used as a major ritual site for around 4,000 years, and in its day would have been comparable to better known sites like the Standing Stones of Stenness. Cairnpapple Hill is situated 1¼ miles north of Galabraes Standing Stones.
Bathgate High Church
Church
Photo: Kenmcfa, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Bathgate High Church is situated 1 mile southwest of Galabraes Standing Stones.
Bathgate railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bathgate railway station is a railway station serving the town of Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. Opened on 18 October 2010, it is close to the junction of the former Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway and the former Bathgate and Coatbridge Railway to the east of the 1986 station. Bathgate railway station is situated 1 mile southwest of Galabraes Standing Stones.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boghall and Bathgate.
Boghall
Suburb
Boghall is a Council Estate built in the early 1960s in West Lothian, Scotland just to the east of Bathgate. Boghall has a range of amenities including a community centre, post office, 3 Corner Shops, a Scotmid supermarket, pharmacy, and a chip shop.
Bathgate
Town
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bathgate is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, 5 miles west of Livingston and adjacent to the M8 motorway. Nearby towns are Linlithgow, Livingston, and West Calder.
Torphichen
Village
Photo: Stephencdickson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Torphichen is a historic small village located north of Bathgate in West Lothian, Scotland. The village is approximately 18 miles west of Edinburgh, 7 miles south-east of Falkirk and 4 miles south-west of Linlithgow. Torphichen is situated 2 miles northwest of Galabraes Standing Stones.
Galabraes Standing Stones
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.91029° or 55° 54′ 37″ northLongitude
-3.62173° or 3° 37′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C7RW96H+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 8974952573OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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