<< Our Photo Pages >> Milton Hill - Standing Stones in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Milton Hill Alternative Name: Milton Hall; BlairbuyCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Port William Nearest Village: Monreith
Map Ref: NX36174159 Landranger Map Number: 83
Latitude: 54.742490N Longitude: 4.546556W
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 |
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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 |
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markj99 visited on 7th Feb 2009 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3 There is something magical about a perfectly matched pair of standing stones. The Blairbuy Stones are almost perfectly matched in shape and size. They could be the portal to another world.
jeniferj visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.5
For more information on these standing stones see Canmore ID 62753 which says: Stone Circle (remains of), Blairbuy: Two small pointed stones stand E-W of each other, a few feet apart, on the face of a slope c.1/4 mile SE of the "Wren's Egg".
A visit in 1973 recorded: "They cannot be identified as forming part of a stone circle."
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