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EAB16126 - Excavation - OLD BOURTREEBUSH

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Location

Grid reference
Map sheet	Not recorded

Map

No mapped location recorded.

Technique(s)

EXCAVATION

Organisation

ALEX THOMSON

Date

1858

Description

Since Alexander Thomson excavated here in 1858, general opinion has tended to accept that the large prostrate stone on the east is a recumbent. Thomson, incidentally, provides a sequence of measurements for the four upright stones, but while those for the first two roughly reconcile to orthostats 1 and 2, the rest are way adrift.

Sources/Archives (1)

--- SAB1963 Bibliographic reference: THOMSON, A. 1863. PSAS 5(1862-3) 130-5.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

MAB42945 OLD BOURTREEBUSH (Monument)

Record last edited

Apr 1 2026 10:54AM

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