<< Our Photo Pages >> Duachy - Stone Row / Alignment in Scotland in Argyll
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Duachy Alternative Name: Loch SeilCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.205 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Argyll Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Oban Nearest Village: Clachan
Map Ref: NM80142052 Landranger Map Number: 49
Latitude: 56.325885N Longitude: 5.557559W
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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SandyG visited on 13th Mar 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Parking is available at NM 80048 19966. From here carefully cross the road and follow the track leading north to a fork at NM 80007 20401. Take the track leading up the hill and follow until you reach the top of the hill where the remaining standing stone will be clearly visible.
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Update October 2019: This alignment is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Duachy, which includes a description, a plan of the row from a recent survey carried out in September 2017, photographs of the alignment and the individual stones, access information and a list of online resources for more information.
The row is also recorded as Canmore ID 22965 and WoSAS (West of Scotland Archaeology Service) Site ID 1155 (Duachy / Loch Seil Standing Stones), and scheduled as Historic Environment Scotland's SM3995 (Duachy, standing stones 300m WSW of ?).
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