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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Westerton (Aberlemno) Alternative Name: Circle of Turin; Fertility Stone; Nether Turin; UKIP StoneCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Angus Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Forfar Nearest Village: Turin
Map Ref: NO53645210 Landranger Map Number: 54
Latitude: 56.658381N Longitude: 2.757836W
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 1st Jan 1976 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
From Forfar head easton the A932 Friockeim road. Turn north onto the un-numbered Aberlemno road by Balgavies Loch, until a small crossroads is reached. Just north of this junction you will see the stone in a field on your left (west side of the road.) This is an unassuming stone, no marks, standing about 1.2m high. Flat-faced, with the faces approximately due south-east/north-west.
This standing stone is recorded as Canmore ID 34906, which has brief entry from 1978 which reads: "This stone stands in an arable field on the W side of the road at Westerton and measures 1.4m high and 1m broad. On its SW face there are the remains of an incised human figure about 0.9m high, and on the top of the stone there are five cup-marks."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this stone - see their entry for Westerton, Aberlemno, Angus, which gives directions for finding this stone, together with photographs, a sketch of a damaged carving, descriptions taken from historical sources and a brief archaeology & history.
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