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The Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany, Aubrey Burl

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<< Our Photo Pages >> Greymuir Cairn - Stone Circle in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by Tom_Bullock on Monday, 15 July 2002  Page Views: 6828

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Greymuir Cairn Alternative Name: Grey Muir Cairn
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Turriff
Map Ref: NJ675452  Landranger Map Number: 29
Latitude: 57.495842N  Longitude: 2.543871W
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
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
1 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.
3 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
3

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Greymuir Cairn
Greymuir Cairn submitted by Klingon : Plants at the field were young, so I didn't enter it and had to shot the pic at maximum zoom-level. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle in Aberdeenshire

Circle diameter: 50 feet, Number of stones: ?
The OS Map shows nothing at this location, and there is nothing at the site that suggests a stone circle used to be there, although there is considerable upheaval by farm equipment that suggests the circle was destroyed.
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