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My new #UrbanPrehistory blog post reporting on the horrible fate of the Bogleys Stone of Fife - Barn Storm. This contains a trigger warning for anyone who thinks our heritage - and megaliths - matter. With thanks to Sam McKeand theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/b...

Barn StormIt is not often I get angry, but a recent encounter with a standing stone has really annoyed – and shocked me. I am pretty used to prehistory being badly treated, and indeed a whole chapter o…theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com
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And yes, triggered by the revolting hard landscaping cobbled crap with the standing stone.... Badly triggered

Good to find you here Kenny - remember me from contacting you about your Cursus work on Arran. Students get introduced to your materials every year! Most think they are excavations for religious spiritual reasons, and wonder if they are aligned to recurring celestial events.

Someone has made the decision not to put this safely in the depot, and needs to be, shall we say, told very firmly they are a disgrace and be made to understand that ancient history is precious. This is shocking, the local media should be writing about it, do alert them - shame is a powerful thing.

Reminds me of the story of the Stanely Cross in some way.

This is a great post, Kenny and I was full of hope when the visualisation was shown. However, by the end of it I was bealing. I wonder if it will ever stand proudly again, as the important megalith it is.

Ответ для Kim McDonald 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Let’s hope so!

Can you put up some of the stone photographs you took as an example here, please? The shock value of the images alone will go far beyond Fife & Scotland.

Would it help to write to Fife Council and cite this article (or something else)? I ended fallig down some steps and injuring myself last year after giving a bumblebee talk because they refused to pay for the lighting at a community venue, so feeling extra grudgy.

Ответ для Dr Darcey Gillie

Fife Council are aware of my blog post and actively following this up. Hopefully something positive will emerge from this eventually!

Thanks for highlighting this. I live in Kirkcaldy and had no knowledge of this awful desecration of our history, although I'm very aware of the housing development mentioned which may be it's future sighting. Seems to me the developers are slowing things down to allow for " changes in planning"

Ответ для ken-berry

Yes I believe that the part of the development where the stone is meant to go has been delayed. It’s going to cost them a lot more now to tidy the stone up….

That is really scandalous and quite disturbing.

Beggars belief😖😭

Of far more recent vintage, but nonetheless still (supposedly) legally protected, this historic artifact is missing from Birmingham: pigsonthewing.org.uk/mysterious-c...

The mysterious case of Birmingham's missing Victorian cast iron urinal — Andy Mabbett, aka pigsonthewing.Andy Mabbett wants to know what happened to the listed Victorian cast iron urinal, which he acquired for Birmingham Railway Museum in 1987.pigsonthewing.org.uk
Ответ для Andy Mabbett

That’s quite a story!

Ответ для Kenny Brophy

Indeed. My comment on your blog post, to the same effect, is still awaiting moderation, if you have a minute.

Reminds me of stories of 18th and 19th century farmers destroying megaliths. Really infuriating that we’re still doing this. This is our past.

Hope the stone can be rescued. PS congratulations on the book. Looking forward to it.

Ответ для Greg Michaelson

Thanks!