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Latitude: 55.3584 / 55°21'30"N
Longitude: -4.6676 / 4°40'3"W
OS Eastings: 230999
OS Northings: 610395
OS Grid: NS309103
Mapcode National: GBR 47.4KL4
Mapcode Global: WH2Q8.8LL0
Entry Name: Lyonston,standing stone 250m ESE of
Scheduled Date: 14 October 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5787
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
Location: Maybole
County: South Ayrshire
Electoral Ward: Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton
Traditional County: Ayrshire
The monument comprises a single standing stone, probably erected during the Bronze Age, which is situated on a slight rise in a field of improved pasture 250m SE of Lyonston farmsteading. The stone is grey granite, stands 1.4m high, and is broader at the top than at the base.
The area to be scheduled measures 20m in diameter, to include the stone and an area around in which associated remains may survive, as marked in red on the attached map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is one of the few standing stones in Ayrshire and has the potential to provide information about Bronze Age ritual and burial practice.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NS 31 SW 8.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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