Английская Википедия:Drumtroddan standing stones
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The Drumtroddan standing stones (Шаблон:Gbmapping) are a small Neolithic or Bronze Age stone alignment in the parish of Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Dumfries and Galloway.[1] The monument comprises three stones, only one of which is now standing, aligned northeast-southwest.[2][3] The two end stones are 3m in length; the middle stone is roughly 2.7m long.[3] The stones were likely set up in the 3rd or 2nd millennium BCE but sites of this type are difficult to date.[2] Short stone row alignments are considered to be relatively late constructions; however, the height of the stones in this monument may indicate that it dates from an earlier period.[2]
The original purpose of the monument is unclear. It has been suggested that it may have been used in observations of the sun or moon.[2] Monuments of this type are found in concentrations in south-west Ireland, south-west Scotland, and the western seaboards of Scotland.[2] The standing stones are part of larger landscape of prehistoric sites which includes the nearby Drumtroddan cup and ring marked rocks and the Big Balcraig cup and ring marked rocks.[2]
Drumtroddan is a Gaelic name meaning 'ridge of the quarrel' from Gaelic druim 'ridge' and trodan 'quarrel, contention'.[4][5]
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