NS4380 : The Hill of Standing Stones
taken 7 years ago, near to Blairquhomrie, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
There is no record that standing stones, in the usual archaeological sense, ever stood here. Documentary evidence suggests instead that the name "Standing Stones" referred to march stones (boundary markers) that stood here, and which are probably now among those that make up the summit cairn; some of the cairn's stones have interesting markings. A planning application for a 10-turbine wind farm centred on the hill was rejected in October 2013. An old drove road – Link – passed over the hill; one of its cattle stance markers – Link – is also now incorporated in the summit cairn.
This marker indicated a stopping place on the course of an old drove road: Link
Marker 2 has been removed to a nearby farm, but marker 3 is located about 880 metres to the east: Link