<< Our Photo Pages >> Yadlee - Stone Circle in Scotland in East Lothian
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: YadleeCountry: Scotland County: East Lothian Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Village: Cranshaws
Map Ref: NT65406732 Landranger Map Number: 67
Latitude: 55.897751N Longitude: 2.554874W
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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For information on the Neolithic/Bronze Age Stone Circle, see Canmore ID 57472 the most recent visit in 1979 reported: "This stone circle is situated on level though undulating moorland in an area of heather or pasture ... the stones describe an oval measuring overall 9.0m E-W by 8.0m N-S. The significance of four earthfast stones outside the northern arc and a random group of five others about 10.0m west of the circle is uncertain, but they do not appear to have formed part of a larger or more complex monument."
This 9m stone circle also features on the Ancient Stones website - see their entry for Stone Circle, Yadlee, Cranshaws, which includes a description, directions for finding this site together with nearby parking, folklore and fieldnotes. Ancient stones says "Although far from being a spectacular stone circle, this setting of small stones still has an air of mystery about it. Set in a desolate patch of open and windswept moorland, Yadlee Stone Circle makes you wonder about the people who took to time and effort to construct it in the first place. What rituals took place there? Why did they pick this location in the first place? .... Almost lost and almost forgotten, this small and simple stone circle still has some magic left."
Note: Details in our comments of a student project to survey and look for astronomical alignments at this petite stone circle - they found solar alignments with a suggested agricultural purpose
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