Drumtroddan Standing Stones, Port William, Scotland.
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DRUMTRODDAN STANDING STONES PORT WILLIAM DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY SCOTLAND
IN THE MACHARS, JUST TWO MILES EAST OF PORT WILLIAM AND NEAR WHITHORN IS DRUMTRODDAN STANDING STONES. A TRILOGY OF MAJESTIC MEGALITHS ONCE STOOD STILL IN A LANDSCAPE FULL OF RELICS FROM VARIOUS HISTORICAL TIMELINES.
THE MEGALITHS ARE IN THE CARE OF HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND AND ARE SIGNPOSTED ON THE B7021 ROAD. THE PERIOD OF ERECTION IS UNKNOWN BUT IS LIKELY NEOLITHIC OR BRONZE AGE. MAKING THE STONES AROUND 4000-2000 YEARS BEFORE CHRIST.
ORIGINALLY THREE SPLENDID STANDING STONES STOOD STILL AT THREE METERS HIGH. THE ONE REMAINING MEGALITH LOOKS LIKE A HOODED FIGURE, MANY STONES TAKE ON THIS FORM. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE HUGE STONES WOULD HAVE BEEN A BIG PROJECT FOR OUR ANCESTORS. THIS MUST HAVE BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM.
ON MY FIRST VISIT IN 2006, THERE WERE TWO UPRITE STONES. SOMETIME AROUND 2010 A SECOND MEGALITH FELL (THIS IS THE STONE NEAREST THE ENTRANCE). THIS WAS NOT SURPRISING AS THE BOTTOM OF THE STONE WAS THIN AND LEANING AT AN ANGLE.
THE STONE ROW SEEMS TO BE IN A SOUTH TO SOUTH WEST LINE. WHETHER THESE STONES WERE ERECTED FOR COSMIC OBSERVATIONS IS UNKNOWN. THERE IS COMMANDING VIEWS FROM THE SITE WHICH IS A COMMON THEME WITH MEGALITHIC CONSTRUCTIONS.
THE LANDSCAPE AROUND DRUMTRODDAN IS RICH IN SITES FROM VARIOUS HISTORICAL TIMELINES. A FEW EXAMPLES ARE, THE PREHISTORIC MOUND AT DUNRAGIT, CHRISTIAN SITES, TORHOUSE STONE CIRCLE AND ROCK ART SITES.
A SECOND SITE AT DRUMTRODDAN HAS PREHISTORIC ROCK ART ON DISPLAY, JUST 400 METERS NORTH WEST. THIS CAN BE ACCESSED OFF THE B8075 ROAD WITH PARKING AT DRUMTRODDAN FARM. THIS SITE IS ALSO IN STATE CARE. THE STANDING STONES MAY BE CONTEMPORARY AND CONNECTED TO THE ROCK CARVINGS. THERE IS A SECOND PETROGLYPH SITE ABOUT A MILE TO THE EAST.
THESE BEAUTIFUL MEGALITHIC RELICS HAVE SURVIVED MILLENNIA. WHY THEY WERE ERECTED IS AN ENIGMA. THEY STILL EXSIST IN OUR PRESENT DAY AND WE CAN ENJOY VISITING THEM. OUR ANCESTORS WOULD HAVE HAVE BEEN PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, PEOPLE FROM OUR MODERN CULTURE ARE VISITING THERE SACRED SITES IN INCREASING NUMBERS.
ABIG THANK YOU TO OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS.
Drumtroddan Standing Stones, Port William, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland.
A journey through Scotland's ancient sites
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DRUMTRODDAN STANDING STONES PORT WILLIAM DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY SCOTLAND
TWO MILES EAST OF PORT WILLIAM IS DRUMTRODDAN STANDING STONES. JUST OFF THE B7021 ROAD & IN THE CARE OF HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT SCOTLAND. THESE MEGALITHS ARE SITUATED IN A LANDSCAPE RICH IN PREHISTORIC REMAINS. THE DRUMTRODDAN ROCK ART SITE IS JUST 400M NW.
AT ONE TIME THREE MEGALITHS AROUND 3M TALL STOOD PROUND. IT IS POSSIBLE THERE WERE FOUR STONES, BUT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF THIS. SOMETIME AROUND 2010 THE SW STONE HAD FALLEN OVER. THIS IS NOT SURPRISING AS THE BASE WAS VERY THIN & LEANING AT AN ANGLE. AT PRESENT ONLY ONE STONE IS UPRITE.
THE STONES SEEM TO BE IN A NE TO SW ORIENTATION. THIS SUGGESTS A SOLAR ALIGNMENT OF SUMMER SOLSTICE SUNRISE (JUNE 21ST) & A WINTER SOLSTICE SUNSET (DECEMBER 21ST). THESE DATES WERE SPECIAL TO OUR PREHISTORIC ANCESTORS.
ANOTHER POSSIBLE ALIGNMENT IS THE NORTHERN EXTREME MOONRISE IN THE NE & THE SOUTHERN EXTREME MOONSET TO THE SW. PERHAPS THE STONES WERE ERECTED FOR THESE KEY SOLAR & LUNAR DATES. THIS NE TO SW STONE ALIGNMENT IS ALSO SEEN AT TORHOUSE STONE CIRCLE.
WHEN THE STONES WERE ERECTED IS UNKNOWN. DATES BETWEEN 3000BC - 1000BC ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WOULD MAKE THE MEGALITHS, NEOLITHIC OR BRONZE AGE. THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF SW SCOTLAND, TOOK ON A BIG ORGANISATION PROJECT, ERECTING THESE FANTASTIC MEGALITHS.
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