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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: PitmudieCountry: Scotland County: Angus Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Kirriemuir Nearest Village: Dykend
Map Ref: NO2744956473 Landranger Map Number: 53
Latitude: 56.694325N Longitude: 3.186213W
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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SandyG visited on 3rd Dec 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Limited roadside car parking is available at NO 27022 56470. From here enter the forestry plantation to the north and follow the heavilly rutted track eastward and then northward. Once you arrive in the clearing at NO 27345 56470 head due east and the standing stone will soon become visible.
golux visited on 31st Oct 2010 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Fine views to the south from here, it's well worth the scramble up the hill from the roadside.
From the roadside (B951), follow the fence that separates the woodland from the farmer's field, keeping on the left (woodland) side of the fence - and BEWARE the fence is electrified, it was live when I visited. You will find yourself walking between two fences which lead you to the stones; you have to cross one last fence but it is sagging and poses no problem.
When the farmer saw me he immediately came over to warn me of the electric fence; in the course of a very friendly chat he pointed out the locations of ancient settlements in a dip below Strone Hill, which loomed over our hilltop from the east.
I was surprised to find modern markings on one of the stones - see my photo.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3.5
Update November 2019: This alignment is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Pitmudie, which includes a description, a plan of the row from a recent survey carried out in December 2016, photographs of the alignment and its individual stones, access information and a list of online resources for more information.
The SRoGB also includes a section discussing and illustrating a possible 'Landscape Reveal' from the end of the row.
The row is also recorded as Canmore ID 31012 (Pitmudie) and as NO25NE0004 (Pitmudie Standing Structure) on the Angus HER. The monument is also scheduled as SM132 (Pitmudie, stone setting 315m N of) on the Historic Environment Scotland website.
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