<< Our Photo Pages >> Blackgate of Pitscandlie - Stone Circle in Scotland in Angus
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Blackgate of Pitscandlie Alternative Name: PitscandlieCountry: Scotland County: Angus Type: Stone Circle
Map Ref: NO484528 Landranger Map Number: 54
Latitude: 56.664119N Longitude: 2.843441W
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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After visiting Aberlemno carry on down the road towards Forfar, there is a turning on the right about three quarters of a mile after Pitscandlie House. There is just enough room to park on the edge of the lane. Walk up the lane for about 150yds and in the yard of the second house is the remains of this Circle.
Cosmic writes: Pitscandlie is at NO484528 in the grounds of a private house. There are only two standing stones remaining of this circle with a further two fallen but recognisable. The owner informed me that a fifth stone "vanished" during some alterations in the last ten years - only after that was it given protection by Historic Scotland! The bigger stone is massive - some ten feet tall and correspondingly broad.
Note: Some nice pictures in of these stones from Hamish - a previously unreported site here on the portal.
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