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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stanydale standing stonesCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.017 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Shetland Type: Standing Stones
Map Ref: HU28525021
Latitude: 60.235190N Longitude: 1.486847W
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 |
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Standing Stones in Shetland
A number of stones standing near to the Staneydale Temple are likely to likely to be broadly contemporary. The most obvious cluster is to the south of the temple where 5 stones have been identified whilst to the north is a tighter cluster of 6 stones. The purpose of these stones is unknown and it is not clear what proportion of the original layout remains. Canmore
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