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

Submitted by BigSweetie on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 3413
Megaliths in Scotland Site Name: Loak
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Perth  Nearest Village: Bankfoot
Map Ref: NO07573305  Landranger Map Number: 52
Latitude: 56.480456N  Longitude: 3.50231W
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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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NO0733 : A9 Lay-by No 7 sign by Alasdair MacNeill
by Alasdair MacNeill
©2008(licence)		NO0733 : looking west from near Bankfoot by Kirsty Smith
by Kirsty Smith
©2005(licence)		NO0733 : A9, Bankfoot by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2010(licence)		NO0733 : A9 Lay-by No 7 by Alasdair MacNeill
by Alasdair MacNeill
©2008(licence)		NO0733 : Ordie Burn by Jackie Proven
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