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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bhacain Alternative Name: Cona Bhacain, Cona' Bhacain, Dog StakeCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.275 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Killin Nearest Village: Fortingall
Map Ref: NN4829041678 Landranger Map Number: 51
Latitude: 56.542532N Longitude: 4.46901W
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 |
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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 |
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freedomandpeace visited on 19th May 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4 You have to park near a farm gate and go through the gate to access the stone.
This standing stone is recorded as Canmore site no. 23977, a 1979 entry from which tells us: "some 70 yds from Caisteal Coin nam Bhacain (Caisteal Cona Bhacain) is the Bhacain or Dog Stake. This stone, on a mound near the road, is about 2ft high; whether it is man-made or otherwise is unknown. It is associated with Fingalian legends.
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this site - see their entry for The Bhacain, Cashlie, Glen Lyon, Perthshire, which gives directions for finding this stone, together with photographs, an old photograph of the stone showing its unusual shape, an image of the 1867 OS map showing the location of the stone, descriptions from a number of 20th century references and local folklore.
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