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<< Text Pages >> Elsdon Stone Circle - Stone Circle in England in Northumberland

Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, 17 September 2002  Page Views: 8535

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Elsdon Stone Circle
Country: England County: Northumberland Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: NT700060  Landranger Map Number: 80
Latitude: 55.347105N  Longitude: 2.47461W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Re: Elsdon by minteddy on Friday, 17 August 2007
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Is the grid reference for this site correct? Barnatt J. [1989] quotes a reference from 1924 stating that there are several large blocks in undergrowth on BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER. Only an approximate grid reference is given as NT74.07.
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