The Gouklan Stone

Nearest town:
Largs (4km NE)
OS reference:
NS17615641
OS sheet:
63
Latitude:
55° 45' 59.56 N
Longitude:
4° 54' 27.6 W
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The Gouklan Stone

billurt
billurt Apr 12, 2025

10/4/25 – Well… what can I say? This was truly a life changing experience. I had been meaning to visit this stone for months and I nearly fell to my knees at the sight of it. The way to it from Millport is fairly easy don’t get me wrong, but for me it was a struggle, but then again most things are. Me and a couple of friends were biking from White Bay to the stone. The journey is around 10 minutes by bike, but I still managed to fall into barbed wire – also my recently broken toe didn’t help the uphill battle (going on both physically and mentally) that was the road to Gouklan Woods.

I want to thank everyone here for introducing this beautiful piece of history to me. I came out of this journey a changed woman and learned what it means to persevere.

Also, the descriptive thing was broken off when we got there which we didn’t appreciate.

The Gouklan Stone

thelonious
thelonious Jun 11, 2018

03/06/2018 – Great Cumbrae is a lovely island just a short ferry ride away from Largs. The ferries are very frequent and cheap (about £6.00 return for the two for us). You don’t really need a car on here. A lot of folk seem to go to hire a bike in the town of Millport (buses run there and back from the ferry) and then spend the day cycling round the island.

The walk on quiet county roads to Craigengour Wood is nice. Small paths lead you through the trees to the standing stone, which is near the far end.

At about 6ft tall, it’s a good sized stone. I was really taken with it’s surroundings. It stands in a little clearing protected by lovely tall trees. I think they look after the stone well, as do the people of Great Cumbrae. It has a small info board next to it with a square thingy you can point your phone at to get more information. The back of the stone has a lot of initials on it, don’t know why.

It’s a nice stone as is the whole island. Good views from the top and the cathedral in Millport is worth a visit too.

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