<< Text Pages >> Houston South Mound - Cairn in Scotland in Renfrewshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Houston South Mound Alternative Name: Gryffe High SchoolCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.437 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Renfrewshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Glasgow Nearest Village: Houston
Map Ref: NS4010066487
Latitude: 55.864956N Longitude: 4.556731W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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AstroGeologist visited on 25th Jul 2019 - their rating: Cond: 1 Amb: 2 Access: 4 Houston South Mound :
A grass-covered stony mound 34m in diameter. Canmore ID 43127.
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