<< Our Photo Pages >> Balygrundle North - Cairn in Scotland in Argyll
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Balygrundle NorthCountry: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Oban Nearest Village: Achnacroish
Map Ref: NM83673997
Latitude: 56.501923N Longitude: 5.51666W
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 |
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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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SolarMegalith visited on 7th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
A large cairn is located few meters SW of Dun Mor, on a rocky ridge. The cairn has 17m in diameter and is up to 1.5m high. It may be a partly robbed prehistoric burial cairn.
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