<< Our Photo Pages >> Druim Dubh - Stone Circle in Scotland in Isle of Lewis
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Druim DubhCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 5.17 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Lewis Type: Stone Circle
Map Ref: NB382305 Landranger Map Number: 8
Latitude: 58.185385N Longitude: 6.455678W
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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tom_bullock has visited here
cross roads, about two-and-a-half miles to the south-east of the Achmore
site. National Grid Reference NB 382 305. It is an ellipse of 16 stones,
described in Current Archaeology 147, pages 98-99.
I don't know if anything
else has been published, but if anyone is especially interested, try
contacting Margaret direct. She is not on the web, but Sheri has given her a
contacts page at http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/curtis.htm
Gerald
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Registered Tour Guide, Photographer, Lecturer, Writer, Publisher
e-mail : gponting@clara.net
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