Pencraig
Hill or Pencraig Brae is a Standing Stone that is a stunning marker
still in a prominent place and so regarded by thousands of users of
the A199 road that is named Pencraig Brae. The large well set stone
stands beside just North of the road between East Linton and
Haddington in East Lothian near Edinburgh Scotland. This stone fits
into the remains of the historic landscape much of which is not
easily visible, in contract this stone that might have acted as a
marker for many in finding their ways across the landscape is still
very prominent to travellers today even though the main road of the
A1 the early established route for traffic from Edinburgh to London
has now been sent away from East Linton on a modern bypass.
When
taking the pictures seen here I stood so as to hide a modern power
line post. In hiding the power line post behind the megalith I have
created an image of the stone that reminds me, at least, of the
iconic Forth Road bridges with their spectacular suspension cables.
The cables are both shown and edited out in these pictures.
Pencraig
Hill, or Pencraig Brae
3
metre tall standing stone in a field to the north of A199 named
Pencraig Brae.
Three
sided megalithic marker
Has
a clear Ordnance Survey Benchmark that seems not to be recorded.
I
have listed just a few of the sites where further information can be
found about this remarkable stone that places such a prominent focus
on this landscape. For those either looking in from the roadside, or
following a path if there is one this site is full wonder at the way
our ancestors looked at and made markers upon the land that they have
left for us to ponder over and mull on other times and many change of
uses. With a quick look at an Ordnance Survey map you can see the
location of hilltop rings and of other stones that have been set in
and upon the landscape still brining our attention to their
conception and possibly sometimes their role in ceremonial
celebration.
