The Thurgartstone or Ogrestone is a prominent glacial erratic stone near Dunlop in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The Thurgartstone stands in a field at Brandleside Farm and is thought to have been a rocking stone at one time, but it no longer moves due to a build up of soil beneath.
The Ogrestone or Thurgartstone is situated on the lands of Brandleside Farm near the Chapel Crags
Dunlop kirk and village from the Thurgartstone
Looking towards the old Monks graveyard and Chapel Crags from the Thurgartstone.
North Side.
Rocking stones are large stones that are so finely balanced that the application of just a small force causes them to rock. Typically, rocking stones are residual corestones formed initially by spheroidal weathering and have later been exposed by erosion or glacial erratics left by retreating glaciers. Natural rocking stones are found throughout the world. A few rocking stones might be man-made megaliths.
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