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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: BladnochCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Wigtown Nearest Village: Bladnoch
Map Ref: NX4229254238 Landranger Map Number: 83
Latitude: 54.858005N Longitude: 4.458439W
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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Anne T visited on 17th Jun 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Bladnoch Standing Stone: We found this stone very hard to spot, eventually parking outside the cottages opposite the dry stone wall the stone was in and walked up and down the road with our GPS. We eventually spotted it by looking along the drystone wall and seeing where the tallest stone poking out of the wall was.
The stone was almost completely covered by wild roses, nettles and brambles, but we managed to push them gently to one side to take a photograph.
We did look for an entrance into the field by the river to look at the other side, but did not see one.
markj99 visited on 15th Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 The stone lies opposite no 18 in Bladnoch main street. It is an irregular stone prominent above the regular wall. It's true nature can be seen from the field side of the wall where the breadth of the stone is visible. There is an entrance into the field c. 75 yards W of the standing stone.
XorA visited on 16th Apr 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Can be hard to spot due to bushes, so easier to look out for the house as named.
SolarMegalith visited on 22nd Sep 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5
SumDoood visited on 1st Jan 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Fun to find.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.2 Ambience: 2.6 Access: 5
Canmore site no. 63382.
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