<< Our Photo Pages >> Groat’s Loch, South - Stone Row / Alignment in Scotland in Caithness
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Groat’s Loch, South Alternative Name: BroughwhinCountry: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Thursoe Nearest Village: Ulbster / Whaligoe
Map Ref: ND3102340658
Latitude: 58.348968N Longitude: 3.18013W
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 3rd Jun 2019 The stone row was surveyed on this day.
SandyG visited on 9th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Car parking is available at ND 31885 40851. Follow the signposting to the Cairn O’Get. The stone row is situated about 550m to the south of the Cairn O’Get across uneven open moorland.
This alignment forms part of a cluster in the area around Cairn of Get and is situated in a natural hollow north west of the Crow’s Stone.
October 2019: This stone row is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Groat's Loch, South, which includes photographs of the alignment and the individual stones, a plan of the row from a recent surveys in August 2014 and June 2019, access information, plus a section on 'Landscape Comments' and 'Seascape Comments', which illustrates and discusses landscape features which come in (and out) of view as you progress along the row.
The row is also recorded as Canmore ID 8991 (Groat's Loch).
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1.7km NNW 343° Warehouse North* Chambered Cairn (ND3056742276)
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