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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bridge of Lyon Standing Stones Alternative Name: DalraoichCountry: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Kenmore Nearest Village: Fortingall
Map Ref: NN73144641 Landranger Map Number: 51
Latitude: 56.592385N Longitude: 4.067494W
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 Nov 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Head for Fortingall. Cross the Lyon Bridge c. 0.5 miles W of Fortingall. There is a large passing place c. 300 yards later on the R with room to park up. Walk back c. 100 yards to a gateway. Walk c. 300 yards SSE across the field to see Bridge of Lyon Standing Stones on the edge of an adjacent field. The stones, one standing and one broken and recumbent are within c. 130 yards of the River Lyon.
This is a pair of standing stones in Perthshire, one standing, one fallen and half-buried, recorded as Canmore site no. 25000. The Canmore 1956 report says this is: "a block of quartzose schist, deeply riven vertically. Its basal girth is 11'5" (3.48m) and maximum height 6'2" (1.88m). In 1838 a cup marked stone (NN74NW 8) lay a short distance from the standing stone, having been undermined about the end of the 18th century .....Some 5.0m to the NE is a partially buried, smooth block lying prone; only 1.0m of its length is exposed. This was possibly a second standing stone. There is some doubt concerning the original position of the cup marked stone (see NN74NW 8). If it stood in close proximity to the standing stone, it suggests a four-poster of stone circle."
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