<< Text Pages >> Craigclowan - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Perth and Kinross
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: CraigclowanCountry: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Perth
Map Ref: NO12022083 Landranger Map Number: 53
Latitude: 56.371558N Longitude: 3.42597W
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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Standing Stone in Perthshire
A 2.4 metre tall standing stone which "stood on a steep N-facing slope to the N of Wester Tarsappie steading until the winter of 1895-6, when it was blown down and removed to its present position within the grounds of Craigclowan Preparatory School." - Canmore site 28320.
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