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Submitted by howar on Monday, 23 August 2004 Page Views: 5025
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bookan StonesCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.257 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Orkney Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Finstown Nearest Village: Stenness
Map Ref: HY28921406
Latitude: 59.007691N Longitude: 3.239221W
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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Coming down onto the Brodgar peninsula as I passed the point where a track goes up to Bookan Chambered Tomb I took note of a flatface-aligned standing stone gatepost pair on the left .
A mirrored knife-shaped pair probably relatively modern, though you can never be sure. The standard 0.4m wide and 0.9-1m high, the RH one of the pair now leaning sideways.
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