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Text Pages: Murthly Castle - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Perth and Kinross

Submitted by BigSweetie on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 5024
Megaliths in Scotland Site Name: Murthly Castle
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Perth  Nearest Village: Murthly
Map Ref: NO07053956  Landranger Map Number: 52
Latitude: 56.538819N  Longitude: 3.513077W
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
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©2010(licence)		NO0739 : Murthly Castle by Russel Wills
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©2009(licence)		NO0739 : Great Britain 2 Steam Train Kingswood, South of Dunkeld by Alistair Bell
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©2010(licence)		NO0739 : Murthly Castle by Raymond Chisholm
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    Re: Murthly Castle (Score: 0)
    by Anonymous on Friday, 23 September 2005
    Born and bred here (Angus) and never knew Murthly castle existed until last week! What an entrance along the avenue with these magnificent firs on either side. Perthshire is a wonderful county.
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