Blog
- Art & design
- Castles
- Cycling
- Edinburgh
- Edinburgh Festival
- Food & drink
- General
- History
- Music
- Sport
- Walking
- Whisky
- Wildlife
Castles
History
- Castles
- Ancient history
  - barrows
  - brochs
  - cairns
  - caves
  - chambered cairns
  - cists
  - crannogs
  - cursus monuments
  - forts
  - henges
  - rock art
  - sacred sites
  - souterrains
  - standing stones
  - stone circles
- Pictish history
- Clans
- Trace your ancestors
Culture
Eat
Drink
Stay
Travel guide
Walking
- Munros
- West Highland Way
Photos
Offers

Collessie Man

This large stone is a standing stone on which Pictish symbols have been carved.

Measuring around 2.7m in height and around 2.1m in girth at the base this stone is aligned approximately north-west by south-east.

On the upper part of the stone is the incised figure of a Pictish warrior.

Alternative names for Collessie Man

Collessie Stone; Halhill Farm; Newton of Collessie; Newton Standing Stone

Where is Collessie Man?

Collessie Man is in the parish of Collessie and the county of Fife.

Grid reference: NO 29271 13244

Lat / long: 56.306325, -3.144645

OS Map for Collessie Man

Glenrothes North, Falkland & Lomond Hills (Auchtermuchty & Cupar)
OS Explorer map 370

Directions to Collessie Man

Enter a starting point

Weather at Collessie Man

3°C
max 4°C / min 2°C

28km/h SE
998mb
90%
75%
08:29 15:38

Moderate rain
Weather observed at Ladybank at 19:47

References (books)

The Pictish Guide

Elizabeth Sutherland
Edinburgh, 1997

References (websites)

Canmore

Pictish stones near Collessie Man

Pictish sites near Collessie Man

Norrie's Law hoard

13.0km away

Haddington silver chain

45.4km away

Traprain Law silver chain

48.0km away

Whitlaw silver chain

68.4km away

Borland silver chain

70.8km away

Todholes (possible) silver chain

72.1km away

Hoardweel silver chain

72.4km away

Dunnicaer fort

92.7km away

Whitecleugh silver chain

104.7km away

more Pictish sites....

Pictish placenames near Collessie Man

Pitcairlie

5.7km away

Pitgorno

10.4km away

Pitlochie

11.9km away

Pitfour

12.0km away

Aberargie

13.2km away

Pitcullo

13.5km away

Pitroddie

14.3km away

Pitcruvie

14.8km away

Pitlowie

15.0km away

more Pictish placenames....

Ancient sites near Collessie Man

Newton of Collessie standing stone

0.0km away

Reedieleys cursus

6.9km away

Balfarg henge and stone circle

10.2km away

Abernethy Den stone circle

10.7km away

Licher-Stanes stone circle

10.9km away

Kilmany cursus

14.1km away

Lundin Links stone circle

15.3km away

Drumcarrow Craig broch

16.6km away

Orwell standing stones

16.8km away

more ancient sites....

Castles near Collessie Man

Tower of Halhill (site of)

0.0km away

Monimail Tower

1.0km away

Letham (site of)

1.9km away

Fernie Castle

2.8km away

Woodmill House

2.9km away

Rossie House

3.0km away

Rankeilour (site of)

3.6km away

Inchrye motte

4.0km away

Collairnie Castle

4.2km away

more castles....

Cafés, restaurants & bars near Collessie Man

Fernie Castle Hotel

hotel, restaurant, barLetham

2.8km away

Luigino's

hotel, restaurantFalkland

7.1km away

The Covenanter Hotel

hotel, restaurant, bar, caféFalkland

7.1km away

Best Western Balgeddie House Hotel

hotel, restaurant, barGlenrothes

11.0km away

The Famous Bein Inn

hotel, restaurant, barAberargie

13.2km away

Premier Inn Glenrothes

hotel, restaurantGlenrothes

13.9km away

Best Western Invercarse Hotel

hotel, restaurant, barInvergowrie

18.3km away

The Inn at Lathones

hotel, restaurantSt Andrews

18.7km away

Murrayshall House Hotel

hotel, restaurant, barScone

18.8km away

Premier Inn Dundee West

hotel, restaurantDundee

18.9km away

more food.... / more drink....