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David McLean

Edinburgh locals baffled over where prehistoric stone on housing scheme came from

This week, we took a trip along to the Ravenswood Avenue standing stone, where locals are every bit as miffed by the ancient landmark's origins as we are.

The prehistoric monument, which has supposedly stood for as long as the great pyramids of Egypt, now stands surrounded on all sides by a post-war housing development in the Inch area of Edinburgh.

Thought to have been erected in the Neolithic period, around 4,000 years ago, the stone predates every other man-made structure for miles around

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