<< Our Photo Pages >> Dane Head - Marker Stone in England in Derbyshire
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Modern SitesSite Name: Dane HeadCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Derbyshire Type: Marker Stone
Nearest Town: Buxton
Map Ref: SK02657036
Latitude: 53.230273N Longitude: 1.961761W
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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Possibly a toppled standing stone at a key junction alongside some ancient trackways on the high moorland plateau in the Peak District national park, near the Cat & Fiddle road (A537 / A54), between Macclesfield and Buxton.
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