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Photo Pages: Spittal Of Glenshee - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Perth and Kinross
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Submitted by Nick on Tuesday, 05 November 2002 Page Views: 8940
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 Site Name: Spittal Of Glenshee Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Map Ref: NO1086770194 Landranger Map Number: 43
Latitude: 56.814676N Longitude: 3.46165W
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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Standing Stone in Perthshire
Looking east. This stone stands on a low mound to the rear of the old kirk in Spittal. Take the A93 from Blairgowrie, Spittal of Glenshee lies in a bend in the road just before the long climb up towards the ski slopes.
It's easiest to park at the Spittal Inn, (the coffee's not bad and they do a mean carrot cake...) and walk down the road towards the bridge. Cross it and bear left, you'll see the stone easily enough. Bit of a muddy scramble up the slope, but again, the views are worth it. No visible markings on the stone, though someone had left a candle below it and a small stone with the words 'Shelia RIP' painted on it. No evidence of any damage to the stone itself from this small personal memorial.
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 Spittal Of Glenshee submitted by cosmic
Viewed from West - grave of Diarmid hidden behind trees I think
 Spittal Of Glenshee submitted by cosmic
Viewed from South with view up Glen
 Spittal Of Glenshee submitted by cosmic
Viewed from North with church behind
 Spittal Of Glenshee submitted by cosmic
Viewed from East
 Spittal Of Glenshee submitted by cosmic
Site in Perth and Kinross
 Spittal Of Glenshee submitted by cosmic
Viewed from old church yard.
 Spittal Of Glenshee submitted by hamish
There is a candle and flower gift to a woman called Sheila you can see it on this photo. The little stone says RIP Sheila. A sad note that seems to be a fitting memorial which takes nothing away from the stone.
 Spittal Of Glenshee submitted by hamish
This is the sight you get of the stone as you slip and slide 2 up 1 down on the steep slope. The views are great all round. You can think about the fine malt waiting for you at the Spittal as you slide back down to the bottom.
 Spittal of Glenshee submitted by Nick
The stone looking west
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