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Loupin' Stanes

The Leaping Stones Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway

Large image (829x260 - 49k) Looking across the platform of the Loupin' Stanes towards the River White Esk.
Large image (575x533 - 68k) The two large stones outside the circle, looking from below the platform towards the B709 road.
Large image (829x343 - 57k) The full width of the circle of the Loupin' Stanes, looking towards the B709. The low stone in the foreground is part of one of the adjacent stone circles.
Large image (1785x561 - 217k) Panoramic view of the circle, looking from the east side of the ring.
Large image (877x401 - 57k) The two larger stones. They are about eight feet apart and stand seperate from the circles.
Large image (479x877 - 124k) Close-up of the more slender of the larger stones, from a different angle.

This group of stone circles is at Eskdalemuir, near Lockerbie. One circle of ten stones is complete;just by this circle are two almost-vanished circles.

Most of the stones are one or two feet tall. There are two much larger stones near the main circle; these stand 5'4" tall each and some eight feet apart (the Loupin' Stanes themselves).

Some 500 metres further down the River White Esk is another circle (the Girdle Stanes) that has been partly eroded by the river.

The main circle and the Loupin' Stanes stand on an artificial platform.

A line of stones leads from the Loupin' Stanes to the Girdle Stanes.

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