Standing Stones, Saline

Overview

Standing Stones

At the end of a dike near to the extreme east end of Saline golf course, stands a huge whinstone boulder of irregular shape. It measures 7 feet 10 inches (2.4 m.) in height and its girth is some 14 feet (4.3 m.) and it has a slight inclination towards the west. As its position is on an ancient boundary line between two estates, Bandrum and Kinneddar, it is possible that it is simply a march or boundary stone. Due west from this stone, at a distance of 162 feet (50 m.) there is, however, another smaller stone built into a continuation of the same dike. The two stones together suggest the remains of a stone circle, the rest of which has been swept away by the cultivation of the neighbouring fields. There is, however, no record of other standing stones in the local area.

West Fife Villages
updated 10/2009 by John Crane