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<< Text Pages >> Gairloch - Class I Pictish Symbol Stone in Scotland in Isle of Skye

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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Gairloch
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.501 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Isle of Skye Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone

Map Ref: NG80357699  Landranger Map Number: 19
Latitude: 57.728772N  Longitude: 5.690811W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4
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An Dun (Gairloch)
An Dun (Gairloch) submitted by paulcall : A panorama of the dun looking out over Loch Gairloch. The outline of the dun is just visible as a heavily overgrown circular elevation, about 15 yards in diameter, on the headland. (Vote or comment on this photo)

An Dun (Gairloch)
An Dun (Gairloch) submitted by andy_h : An Dun at Gairloch (Vote or comment on this photo)

An Dun (Gairloch)
An Dun (Gairloch) submitted by andy_h (Vote or comment on this photo)

An Dun (Gairloch)
An Dun (Gairloch) submitted by andy_h (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NG8076 : A832 by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
©2022(licence)
NG8077 : Gairloch High School by Dave Marley
by Dave Marley
©2010(licence)
NG8076 : Gairloch Heritage Museum by Richard Dorrell
by Richard Dorrell
©2012(licence)
NG8076 : Gairloch Community Hall by N Chadwick
by N Chadwick
©2022(licence)
NG8076 : Gairloch Heritage Museum by Ian S
by Ian S
©2014(licence)

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