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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mull of Sinniness Alternative Name: Auchenmalg; Longforth; Auchenmalg BridgeCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.507 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Stranraer Nearest Village: Auchenmalg
Map Ref: NX23095220
Latitude: 54.833291N Longitude: 4.755972W
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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For more information on this prehistoric standing stone see Canmore ID 62246 which tell us: "A tapered standing stone measuring 1.2m by 1.0m by 2.2m high."
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