<< Our Photo Pages >> Meg's Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Highlands
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Meg's StoneCountry: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Inverness Nearest Village: Kiltarlity
Map Ref: NH5164541196
Latitude: 57.436783N Longitude: 4.473066W
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 |
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A large boulder next to the road to Belladrum.
There are a number of local stories about this stone, with claims a witch is buried underneath. One story says that a funeral procession was carrying a coffin from Belladrum to the cemetery at Tomnacross. They stopped for refreshment at the inn, but by the time they had finished it was too dark or they were too drunk to continue. So Meg was buried under this convenient stone.
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