Lundin Links


Site type: stone circle

Parish: Largo

County: Fife

Grid reference: NO 4048 0272

Lat / long: 56.21321697, -2.961028489

Alternative names: Standing Stones Of Lundin

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

These three massive red sandstone standing stones are all the more impressive for rising out of the flat ground of a golf course. The stones range in height from 4.11m to 5.49m, and are gnarled and irregular in shape, one looking almost like a figure with a head.

A fourth stone stood certainly as late as the end of the 18th century but it's unknown what happened to it. The circle would have had a diameter of around 16m. In 1844 a skull was removed from a cist close to the stones. Embedded in a fracture in the skull was a piece of iron which crumbled into rust upon examination.

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created Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 4:20 pm, last updated Friday, May 14th, 2010 at 4:20 pm