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<< Our Photo Pages >> Balnakeil Stone Circle - Stone Circle in Scotland in Highlands

Submitted by Tom_Bullock on Monday, 11 November 2002  Page Views: 6796

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Balnakeil Stone Circle
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.2 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Highlands Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: NC392673  Landranger Map Number: 9
Latitude: 58.563908N  Longitude: 4.766094W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
3

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Balnakeil Stone Circle submitted by Tom_Bullock : Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Balnakeil Stone Circle
Balnakeil Stone Circle submitted by Tom_Bullock : Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM (Vote or comment on this photo)

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