Gogar Stone

Nearest town:
Queensferry South (7km NW)
OS reference:
NT155720
OS sheet:
65
Latitude:
55° 56' 0.71 N
Longitude:
3° 21' 9.8 W
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Images

Image of Gogar Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by calegan

Gogar Stane, looking South, Lothian, Scotland. 30th August 2015. © Callum Egan

Image credit: Cal Egan
calegan
calegan Sep 10, 2015
Image of Gogar Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by calegan

Gogar Stane, looking South, Lothian, Scotland. 30th August 2015. © Callum Egan

Image credit: Cal Egan
calegan
calegan Sep 10, 2015
Image of Gogar Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by calegan

Another photo of the Gogar Stane at sundown with alluring blue presence.....© Callum Egan

Image credit: Cal Egan
calegan
calegan Sep 10, 2015
Image of Gogar Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by calegan

The Gogar Stane ‘midst a field of wheat. This field is soon to suffer the blot of modern housebuilding, so a magical spot will soon be lost to Legoland. On a Fortean note I took this photo on Sunday 30th August 2015 around teatime with my phone camera. Only on looking at the photo later did I note the odd blue ‘presence’ toward the bottom of the photo....mysteriously sci-fi. © Callum Egan

Image credit: Cal Egan
calegan
calegan Sep 10, 2015
Image of Gogar Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Martin

14/11/01- looking along the direction of the other faces of the stone (approx NE)

Martin
Martin Dec 5, 2001
Image of Gogar Stone (Standing Stone / Menhir) by Martin

14/11/01-looking along one of the faces of the stone in the direction of Huly Hill (behind the farm buildings)

Martin
Martin Dec 5, 2001

Articles

Gogar Stone

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winterjc Feb 3, 2002

Visited here in 2000 when a friend was working at nearby Roddenlaw. I’m sure I’d seen this stone before that day – from the train maybe??

Gogar Stone

Martin
Martin Nov 17, 2001

Gogar Stone (AKA Easter Norton)
Wednesday 14/11/01
Well- here I am standing next to this stone in the middle of a cultivated field which feels a bit odd! I stopped off at Easter Norton farm and spoke to the very cheery and helpful folks there. The woman I spoke to said “aye- the stones just across the field- it’s meant to be in some sort of line with some other places around here”- indeedy- it’s been suggested this is a possible outlier of the Newbridge complex, however, I’m unsure whether this would have been visible from there as this stone lies not on the crest of this field, but down the hill a bit. Anyway- the farmer said it would be fine to walk across the field, but turns out it doesn’t belong to him! Fair enough- I’m here and that’s the main thing. Just to the south of this stone lies the M8, and the main Edinburgh/Glasgow railway, but it’s the Pentland Hills which dominate over all. The stone is quite small, only about 4 foot high. It’s almost square in plan with the sides aligned approximately NE/SW. The south face has a concave curved profile and the top is sloped- a beautiful and purposely shaped stone. My hands are now freezing up- methinks time for gloves, photos and contemplation trying to ignore the nearby farm machinery, motorway, railway and airport!

Directions;
Head west out of Edinburgh along the A8 Glasgow Road. To get a good view of the stone (instead of walking across cultivated fields!) take the second left after the Gyle roundabout towards Ratho (Freelands Road). Pass Gogar Stone house and take the first right. The stone stands in the field to the right about halfway between the junction and the railway bridge.

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