<< Our Photo Pages >> Stravanan Bay - Stone Row / Alignment in Scotland in Isle of Bute
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stravanan Bay Alternative Name: Largizean FarmCountry: Scotland County: Isle of Bute Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Rothesay Nearest Village: Kingarth / Kilchattan Bay
Map Ref: NS0846555361 Landranger Map Number: 63
Latitude: 55.753601N Longitude: 5.053675W
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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SandyG visited on 25th Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Car parking is available next to the Blackpark stone circle at NS 09156 55715. From here walk along the road to NS 08760 54995 and then follow the track leading north.
SumDoood visited on 14th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Named as Largizean Standing Stones and signposted from the farm at the roadside. Two fields length of walking required. (I took the van, but prob shouldn't've).
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3.5
Canmore site no. 40257.
Update November 2019: This alignment is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Stravanan Bay (Largizean), which includes a description, a plan of the row from a survey carried out in August 2017, photographs of the alignment and a list of online resources for more information.
The site is also recorded on the West of Scotland Archaeology Service as WOS Pin 4839 (Kingarth/Larzigean Standing Stones).
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