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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cardrona - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Scottish Borders

Submitted by austenjohnreid on Sunday, 22 December 2002  Page Views: 14781

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cardrona
Country: Scotland County: Scottish Borders Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Peebles  Nearest Village: Cardrona
Map Ref: NT30003895  Landranger Map Number: 73
Latitude: 55.639042N  Longitude: 3.113586W
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
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
4 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
5

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Cardrona submitted by austenjohnreid : This stone has no nickname or stories to go with it. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Scottish Borders

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Cardrona
Cardrona submitted by austenjohnreid : Site in Scottish Borders Looking up the River Tweed (west). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cardrona
Cardrona submitted by cosmic : CardronaS-NT3038 From South Image copyright: ewenrun, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cardrona submitted by cosmic : CardronaN-NT3038 From North Image copyright: ewenrun, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Cardrona submitted by cosmic : CardronaW-NT3038 From West Image copyright: ewenrun, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NT2938 : Houses at the side of the Peebles road by James Denham
by James Denham
©2009(licence)
NT2938 : Standing Stone, Cardrona by Iain Lees
by Iain Lees
©2010(licence)
NT2938 : The Cardrona Standing Stone by Iain Lees
by Iain Lees
©2010(licence)
NT3038 : West view up the Tweed Valley at Cardrona by Ben Brooksbank
by Ben Brooksbank
©2013(licence)
NT2939 : New car park, Cardrona by Jim Barton
by Jim Barton
©2020(licence)

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Street View of Cardrona menhir by austenjohnreid on Thursday, 06 May 2010
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http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&q=55.639041828586,-3.1135860273317(Cardrona)&ie=UTF8&ll=55.639566,-3.113224&spn=0,0.003428&z=18&layer=c&cbll=55.6393,-3.113225&panoid=u4_agOy9gUSREU7OI0gGJA&cbp=12,310.33,,2,5.81
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Re: Cardrona by austenjohnreid on Wednesday, 28 April 2010
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