<< Our Photo Pages >> Shemore - Rock Art in Scotland in Argyll
Submitted by hamish on Saturday, 28 May 2005 Page Views: 7311
Rock ArtSite Name: ShemoreCountry: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Helensburgh Nearest Village: Arden
Map Ref: NS349882
Latitude: 56.058080N Longitude: 4.653036W
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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custer visited on 8th Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 3 Park at bottom of hill in layby, Short walk up the hill cross the road at top of runnaway lane and stone is just over the fence. Signpost just behing the stone can be seen from the road when braken has died down..
hamish have visited here
If travelling north take the road to Garelochhead after Arden. There are trees on the right, where the trees end there is the stone. There is nowhere to park so be careful. I think this is called Argyll and Bute now.
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