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Photo Pages: Faskally Cottages - Stone Circle in Scotland in Perth and Kinross
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Submitted by Nick on Tuesday, 05 November 2002 Page Views: 6091
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 Site Name: Faskally Cottages Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Pitlochry Nearest Village: Pitlochry
Map Ref: NN930589 Landranger Map Number: 52
Latitude: 56.709494N Longitude: 3.749452W
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 |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 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. |
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Accuracy:| 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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Stone Circle in Perthshire
The Faskally Circle lies in the grounds of a private house, just off the A924 running north out of Pitlochry. You may park at the side of the road into the row of cottages. Permission should be sought from the owner of the right-hand cottage as you face the row, as the stones lie in the garden of this house. Permission was readily granted the day we called. The owner has a copy of the 1908 excavation report from the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquities for visitors to the site to read whilst having a look at the stones.
The report states: "In a narrow strip of ground between the Highland Railway on the east and the great main road to the north on the west, is a garden, shielded from observation by a tall hedge on the roadside, and in it there are yet standing in situ the seven stones of this Circle. Never surely, was the pre-historic past brought so closely into contact with the steam power and motor traffic of the twentieth century. In addition to these more or less disturbing conditions, we are told that, during the most recent government survey, the men of the theodolite arrived at the conclusion that this little circle is really the centre of Scotland".
This is a circle of 8 stones with a diameter of approximately 6.5m, graded towards the primary stone at the SSW side of the circle, which is the most interesting. It has been cloven into 3 pieces, all of which remain upright, at some time in the past. Legend has it that this was caused by a lightning strike, although prosaically it is more likely to have been frost damage. Visited en masse by the Scottish Megaraks 18th November 2000.
Note: Permission should be sought from the owner of the right-hand cottage as you face the row.
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 Faskally Cottages submitted by cosmic
Faskally Stone Circle in Perth&Kinross at NN930587 lies in the gardens of the selfcatering accomodation next to Green Gates. it is on the edge of Pitlochry just off the north entrance to the village off the A9.
 Faskally Cottages submitted by cosmic
 Faskally Cottages submitted by cosmic
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