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Photo Pages: Auchagallon - Stone Circle in Scotland in Isle of Arran

Submitted by kelpie on Friday, 02 August 2002  Page Views: 4631
Megaliths in Scotland Site Name: Auchagallon
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Arran Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: NR893346  Landranger Map Number: 68
Latitude: 55.559418N  Longitude: 5.342585W
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
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 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.
 5 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
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Auchagallon submitted by kelpie

This curious monument, still unexcavated, is a cross between a regular cairn and a stone circle

A circle on a shelf of land overlooking Machrie Bay. NR 89306 34640

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Auchagallon submitted by DrewParsons
Photographed on a fine day in late September 2008

Auchagallon submitted by DrewParsons
Auchagallon Stone Circle

Auchagallon submitted by DrewParsons
Auchagallon Stone Circle looking across Kilbrannan Sound to Kintyre

Auchagallon submitted by Maddy
A pleasant day with a nice view May 2006

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    Re: Auchagallon (Score: 0)
    by Anonymous on Saturday, 03 March 2001
    It's not in Argyll; it was in Bute, then in Cunninghame district of Strathclyde region, now in North Ayrshire. All along, though, it has been on the Island of Arran in the Firth of Clyde. Likewise Aucheleffan.
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