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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cairntradlin Alternative Name: Cairntradlin StoneCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Aberdeen Nearest Village: Blackburn
Map Ref: NJ81681385
Latitude: 57.215037N Longitude: 2.304957W
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 standing stone is situated on a gentle north-west facing slope in a cultivated field 300m WSW of Cairntradlin farmstead. Roughly square in section, the stone is an erratic granite boulder measuring 0.6m from E to W by 0.55m transversely at ground level and 1.55m in height.
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