<< Our Photo Pages >> Johnston, The Ringing Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Aberdeenshire
Submitted by cosmic on Monday, 22 October 2007 Page Views: 8317
Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Johnston, The Ringing Stone Alternative Name: Cotetown; Hill Of Newleslie, Hill Of JohnstonCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Insch
Map Ref: NJ57902517
Latitude: 57.315141N Longitude: 2.700578W
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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megalithicmatt visited on 24th Feb 2008 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Didn't ring, but I didn't want to hit it too hard either....
Standing stone over six feet tall with some cupmarks.
I parked at Cotetown farm and walked in from there but the track shown on the OS Map no longer exisits so maybe easier from Johnston Farm (who's land it is on, I think).
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