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

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 22 December 2002  Page Views: 2071
Megaliths in Scotland Site Name: Shanzie
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)

Map Ref: NO280507  Landranger Map Number: 53
Latitude: 56.642558N  Longitude: 3.175602W
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
 4 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
 no data

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Shanzie submitted by Nick
The stone looking to the south

Shanzie submitted by Nick
Take the B952 east from Alyth until you encounter the small road leading east towards Airlie. About a kilometer along this road is Shanzie Farm, on your right. Drive past, park about 100 metres along on your left, at a field entrance (ensuring the farmer is not working in the field). Walk another 100 metres east, where a path can be seen between a stone dyke and an electric fence, leading uphil

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NO2750 : Amazing wild flower meadow at Shanzie by Mike Pennington
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©2007(licence)		NO2850 : Crows and haybales at Shanzie by Mike Pennington
by Mike Pennington
©2007(licence)		NO2850 : Fields and forestry, Shanzie, Alyth by Mike Pennington
by Mike Pennington
©2009(licence)		NO2749 : Kelvin, near Alyth by Mike Pennington
by Mike Pennington
©2007(licence)		NO2751 : Marshland, south- west of Buchal Farm by philip blackwood
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