<< Our Photo Pages >> Pollachar - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in South Uist
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: PollacharCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 6.379 km away from the location you searched for.
County: South Uist Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Map Ref: NF745144 Landranger Map Number: 31
Latitude: 57.104939N Longitude: 7.378063W
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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markj99 visited on 29th Jun 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 You would have thought that a tall standing stone on the roadside of a pub would be ideal. However, Pollachar Standing Stone's proximity to civilisation seem to detract from its antiquity.
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