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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dill ScoutCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.7 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Map Ref: SD97702806
Latitude: 53.748906N Longitude: 2.036357W
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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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Yorkshire (West)
Dimensions: 100 cm high, 100 cm long, and 50 cm thick.
Elevation: 260 m. Declination is 10.2/-6.1 (?), meaning that if it is a marker, it may have local reference.
More information on these stones may be found in Dr. David Shepherd's paper Standing for What? Standing Stones in the South Pennines. This stone is ref 13 in the article.
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