Girdle Stane

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Girdle Stane as Boundary Stone (medieval), Cup and Ring Marked Rock (neolithic) - (bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Girdle Stane is associated with a local tradition involving a stone circle or ritual site, where it is believed that a woman’s girdle or belt was once placed on the stone as part of a fertility or marriage-related rite. The name derives from this custom, reflecting a broader Celtic tradition linking stones and wells to saintly or supernatural cures and rituals.