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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Dagon StoneCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.803 km away from the location you searched for.
County: East Ayrshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Kilmarnock Nearest Village: Darvel
Map Ref: NS56333746
Latitude: 55.609468N Longitude: 4.282359W
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 |
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Andy B: would like to visit No 8. in Kenny Brophy's Top Ten Urban Prehistory site selections, compiled for our Old Stones book.
The Dagon Stone, Hastings Square, Darvel
Possible standing stone which has been moved and re-erected on more than one occasion. The round boulder on top was added by a local blacksmith in the 19th century.
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