page_title: Shewalton House and estate
section_title: Archaeology
hierarchical_section_title: Shewalton House and estate / The Shewalton area / Archaeology
caption_attribution_description: English: The menhir or standing stone at Drybridge in North Ayrshire
context_page_description: Shewalton House and estate were composed of the 'Lands of Shewalton' and the laird's dwelling, originally a tower castle and later a mansion house on the River Irvine in the Shewalton area, two miles from Irvine and west of Drybridge village, East Ayrshire, Dundonald Parish, Scotland. In 1883 the Boyle's estate of Shewalton was 2,358 acres in extent in Ayrshire and was worth at that time £2,708 a year.
context_section_description: A number of prehistoric artifacts have been found on Shewalton Moor, including an urn, ornamented hand-made pottery, flint scrapers, drills, and arrowheads of several different designs. So many polishers were found at one site that a workshop and prehistoric village location have been suggested. A saddle-quern and a spindle-whorl have also been found, together with beads and hammer stones.
  The standing stone at Stane Field (NS 359 364), Drybridge, is the only one recorded in mainland North Ayrshire. It stands close to the old railway station on level ground in a field. It has a maximum height of 2.6 m, and is roughly square with a girth of about 4.0 m and a maximum width of 1.3 m. A perforated stone axe head was found nearby.
caption: The menhir at Drybridge
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