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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Balgarthno Alternative Name: Farm of Corn, Myrekirk, Liff Railway StationCountry: Scotland County: Angus Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Dundee
Map Ref: NO35333161 Landranger Map Number: 54
Latitude: 56.472156N Longitude: 3.051341W
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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Enki visited on 16th Feb 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 I was confused as this circle is described as a recumbent circle, but it has nothing in common with the recumbent style as far as I can see, and the Canmore entry makes this clear..
Access is pretty easy from the road, there is a track that you could get a wheelchair along, but the final 20m or so is over grass. There is a fence with a gate to allow access to the circle, although the gate has not been installed properly and required some manipulation to get open.
Condition is reasonable although there is only one stone remaining upright. Ambience is pretty minimal and not helped by the overhead power lines nearby.
SandyG visited on 28th Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 1 Access: 5
Oreo visited on 1st Jan 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5
Richard13 visited on 1st Mar 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5
DrewParsons hamish have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.75 Ambience: 2.25 Access: 4.75
These are my local stones, being less than half a mile from where I live. Lying in public ground just to the west of Myrekirk Road, the circle is easily accessible. There have been persistant rumours of supermarket planning permission for the adjacent field.
Additional Information supplied by Drew Parsons in September 2012: Dating from between 5300 and 4500 years ago, this is the southernmost example of a recumbent Stone Circle in Tayside. The site sign describes it as having one non-recumbent stone with the original nine boulders remaining although damaged by weather and vandalism (the latter being the reason for the surrounding fence nowadays, although the gate was not locked in September 2012 permitting access to the circle). Jade fragments and flints have been recovered from this site and are in the National Museum of Scotland.
Also see Canmore ID 31955 which adds that the land for 26 post holes for the fencing around the site were excavated in December 2005. No artefacts were found and the soil depth was recorded. The internal diameter of the circle is about 8 metres. Other boulders nearby are probably field clearance from when the surrounded land was cultivated. In 2008, plan for a wild flower meadow surrounding the stone circle was planned.
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