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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stracathro A CursusCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.145 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Angus Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Brechin Nearest Village: Stracathro
Map Ref: NO608655 Landranger Map Number: 45
Latitude: 56.779410N Longitude: 2.643103W
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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Cruciform Long Enclosure in Angus
Status: Characteristic
NMR No. NO66NW 41
Extent: 240mx23m
Terminal type: Square/Angled
Pit-defined
Note: This location marks one terminal (end) of a cursus monument. The location of the other terminal can be found in the Nearby Site list below.
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267m NNW 346° Stracathro B Cursus Cursus (NO60746576)
282m NE 44° Stracathro A Cursus Cursus (NO610657)
384m NNE 27° Stracathro B Cursus Cursus (NO60986584)
2.6km ENE 70° Capo, Aberdeenshire* Long Barrow (NO633664)
4.0km ENE 63° Witch Hillock Round Barrow(s) (NO644673)
4.2km SSE 164° Easter Pitforthie Stone Circle (NO619614)
5.3km SSW 204° Dubton Farm Iron Age settlement and Souterrain Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (NO58616062)
5.4km WNW 284° Brown Caterthun* Stone Fort or Dun (NO5555366871)
5.5km SSW 192° Brechin Cathedral* Sculptured Stone (NO596601)
5.6km SSW 194° Aldbar* Class III Pictish Cross Slab (NO594601)
6.1km W 275° White Caterthun* Stone Fort or Dun (NO5474766057)
6.3km SSW 208° Pictavia* Museum (NO578599)
6.5km SW 224° Killievair* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO562609)
6.7km NNW 341° Dalbog Stone Circle (NO587719)
6.8km SSW 198° St Ouret's Well (Brechin) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NO58695904)
7.5km W 261° Menmuir Pictish Cross Slab Class III Pictish Cross Slab (NO534644)
7.6km SE 130° Dun cup marked stone* Rock Art (NO6654060523)
7.7km WNW 299° Newbigging Ring Cairn (NO541693)
8.6km SE 134° Gallows Knowe Round Barrow(s) (NO670595)
8.7km W 265° Hill of Menmuir* Rock Art (NO52096489)
8.9km NNE 16° Fountain Hillock Round Barrow(s) (NO634740)
9.0km SSW 195° St Murdoch's Well (Brechin) Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NO58405682)
9.3km NNE 28° FetterCairn House Round Barrow(s) (NO653736)
9.8km E 91° Canterland Cairn (NO706653)
9.9km SSE 147° Maryton Cursus Cursus (NO66105713)
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