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<< Our Photo Pages >> Kildonan SW - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in Scotland in Highlands

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kildonan SW Alternative Name: Allt Breac; Strath Of Kildonan
Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Helmsdale  Nearest Village: Torrish
Map Ref: NC9550918564  Landranger Map Number: 17
Latitude: 58.143598N  Longitude: 3.776634W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
1 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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SandyG visited on 1st Sep 2016 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Sadly, car parking is available on top of the row. The stones visible next to the parking area are probably the result of the road widening work.

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Kildonan SW
Kildonan SW submitted by Tom_Bullock : Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM (Vote or comment on this photo)
Multiple Stone Rows in Sutherland, possibly fourteen in total.

Update October 2019: This alignment is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Kildonan SW (Allt Breac), which includes a description, a plan of the row and its associated cairns from a survey carried out in September 2016. The SRoGB notes that the row has been severely damaged or possibly even destroyed by road widening.

The SRoGB entry includes photographs of the alignment and the individual stones, access information, a list of online resources for more information and includes a section for 'Landscape Reveals', illustrating a landscape feature which comes into view from the bottom of the row.

SandyG notes that "sadly, car parking is available on top of the row", demonstrating the damage that has been done by the roadworks.

The row is also recorded as Canmore ID 7036 (Allt Breac) and as MHG9872 (Stone Rows, Allt Breac) on the Highland HER. It is scheduled as SM1763 (Allt Breac, stone rows 32m sw of bridge) on the Historic Environment Scotland website.
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Kildonan SW
Kildonan SW submitted by SandyG : The southern cairn. View from the south east. 1 September 2016. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kildonan SW
Kildonan SW submitted by SandyG : The northern cairn. View from the south west. 1 September 2016. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kildonan SW
Kildonan SW submitted by SandyG : The ranging rod stands on the much truncated remains of the original land surface in this area. The slope to the right is entirely modern and is waste from the nearby cutting formed when the road was widened. None of the original stones remain visible (Scale 1m). 1 September 2016. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kildonan SW
Kildonan SW submitted by SandyG : Road widening work has either destroyed or at best severely damaged this stone alignment. View from west. 1 September 2016. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Kildonan SW
Kildonan SW submitted by durhamnature : Plan of the stone rows from "Report of Commission on Monuments...Sutherland" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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