<< Our Photo Pages >> Aviemore - Stone Circle in Scotland in Highlands
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: AviemoreCountry: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Stone Circle
Map Ref: NH89681347 Landranger Map Number: 35
Latitude: 57.198692N Longitude: 3.827484W
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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livingstone visited on 27th Nov 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5 For a site that is right in the middle of a housing estate it is pretty good. Perhaps it's very existance owes itself to close proximity of watchful neighbours
soulsurfer visited on 1st Jan 2009 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5
BolshieBoris visited on 1st Jul 2004 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5
markj99 visited on 3rd Jan 2004 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 I appreciate that conserving the circle in some way is better than removing it, however, surrounding the circle by a modern housing estate has negated any air of antiquity that the stone circle may have possessed.
tom_bullock have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.25 Ambience: 3 Access: 5
Parts of this Cairn & Stone Circle survive in the Ski resort of Aviemore.
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