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Submitted by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 18 December 2012  Page Views: 3226

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Colmac Bridge
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Bute Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
 Nearest Village: St Colmac
Map Ref: NS0491367160
Latitude: 55.858040N  Longitude: 5.118642W
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
4 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
5

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SumDoood visited on 15th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Not the most exciting stone, unless I missed something!

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Colmac Bridge
Colmac Bridge submitted by Bladup : Colmac Bridge Standing stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Isle of Bute

A 1.9 metre tall standing stone.

Canmore site no. 40360.
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Colmac Bridge
Colmac Bridge submitted by SumDoood : Viewed from the NE, St Colmac Cottages stone circle fits into the (broken?) top of the stone. Viewed the opposite way round, might this be a summer solstice alignment? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Colmac Bridge
Colmac Bridge submitted by SumDoood : Viewed from the NW. (Don't we quite often see chunks missing from standing stones and the remaining gap is shaped very much as this one is?). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Colmac Bridge
Colmac Bridge submitted by SumDoood : Viewed from the SW. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Colmac Bridge
Colmac Bridge submitted by SumDoood : Looking from south to north. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Colmac Bridge
Colmac Bridge submitted by SumDoood : From the B875 Port Bannatyne to Ettrick Bay road. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Colmac Bridge
Colmac Bridge submitted by SumDoood : Almost everything looks better with an Arran mountain backdrop.

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 404m WNW 282° St Colmac's Cross Standing Stone (Menhir) (NS0452167263)
 584m ESE 107° Acholter* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NS0546466961)
 625m SW 232° St Colmac Cottages Stone Circle* Stone Circle (NS044668)
 1.5km SW 216° St Colmac's A Stone Circle (NS040660)
 1.8km SE 127° Dun Burgidale* Stone Fort or Dun (NS0627766051)
 3.3km SSW 201° Castle Cree* Hillfort (NS0356464133)
 4.3km WNW 282° Glecknabae* Chambered Cairn (NS0074568263)
 4.3km SE 142° Craigberoch* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NS0745263652)
 4.8km WNW 294° Carnbaan* Chambered Cairn (NS0063269316)
 5.1km SE 130° St Mary's Well (Rothsay)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NS0866763750)
 5.2km SE 132° Townhead Neolithic Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (NS086635)
 5.6km S 190° St. Ninian's Bay* Standing Stones (NS037617)
 5.7km SSE 160° Loch Dhu Crannog* Crannog (NS06646176)
 6.2km WNW 301° Glenvoidean* Chambered Cairn (NR9970870570)
 6.3km WNW 298° St Michael's Grave* Chambered Cairn (NR9947070314)
 6.4km WSW 242° Ardlamont Point* Rock Art (NR99146439)
 6.6km SSW 204° Inchmarnock Cists Cist (NS0199361233)
 6.7km SSE 166° Bicker's Houses* Chambered Cairn (NS062606)
 6.8km NW 305° Aultmore Burn Fort* Hillfort (NR9946871279)
 7.8km SSE 164° Ambrisbeg Hill Cairn* Cairn (NS0677459579)
 8.0km SSE 168° Loch Quien Crannog* Crannog (NS06185929)
 8.3km SE 136° Mountstuart* Cist (NS1048360922)
 8.5km S 170° Scalpsie Barrow* Round Cairn (NS05955873)
 8.5km S 174° Scalpsie Dun* Stone Fort or Dun (NS05485866)
 8.7km NNW 337° Eilean Buidhe* Stone Fort or Dun (NS01867532)
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