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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kingside Hill (Cranshaws)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 3.632 km away from the location you searched for.
County: East Lothian Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Duns Nearest Village: Cranshaws
Map Ref: NT62635403
Latitude: 55.778140N Longitude: 2.597334W
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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Stone Circle in East Lothian
This stone circle is featured on "Ancient Stones: A Guide to Standing Stones and Stone Circles in the South of Scotland" - see their entry for Stone Circle, Kingside Hill, Cranshaws.
Ancient stones describes this feature as "30 small boulders forming a circle about 12m in diameter. The largest stone only reaches 0.40m above ground level and there is also a stone set in the centre. The large piles of stones on each side are this settings are the result of field clearance. This ring of stones has been noted as a stone circle but has also been described as a probable enclosed cremation cemetery - a hybrid ring cairn/stone circle."
Their entry includes a description, directions for finding this site together with nearby parking, plus fieldnotes.
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