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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Cargill Symbol Stone Alternative Name: West Whitefield Farm, Balhomie House
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone

Map Ref: NO14773623 Landranger Map Number: 53
Latitude: 56.510376N Longitude: 3.386491W
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

2 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 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.

4 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

4

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Class I Pictish Symbol Stone in Perthshire. In the garden of Balholmie House. This is private ground so ask at the house first.

Since the symbols are nearly invisible you will also have to ask for the stone to be pointed out.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

NO1436 : Round bales, Balhomie by Richard Webb — by Richard Webb
©2013(licence)

NO1436 : Balhomie Farm, near Cargill by Mike Pennington — by Mike Pennington
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NO1436 : Lay-by on the A93 south of Cargill by Mike Pennington — by Mike Pennington
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NO1436 : Balholmie Farmhouse by Sandy Gerrard — by Sandy Gerrard
©2024(licence)

NO1436 : Picnic Table by Sandy Gerrard — by Sandy Gerrard
©2024(licence)

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