<< Our Photo Pages >> Meikle Kenny A - Stone Circle in Scotland in Angus
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Meikle Kenny A Alternative Name: Baldovie, West SchurrochCountry: Scotland County: Angus Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Kirriemuir Nearest Village: Kingoldrum
Map Ref: NO31765415
Latitude: 56.674110N Longitude: 3.115222W
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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This site is Meikle Kenny 'A'. The two neighbouring circles, both four-posters now reduced to three stones, lie in the woodland immediately west of the stone; 'B' is 42.0m NE, 'C' is a further 42.0m NE.
There is an Ordnance Survey trig point pillar about 10m NNE.
Information taken from Canmore ID 32348.
Note: This set of stone circles A, B and C is not in the big Burl book! The other two are linked in the Nearby Sites list
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