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<< Our Photo Pages >> Claughreid - Stone Circle in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway

Submitted by stu on Saturday, 17 July 2004  Page Views: 5293
Scotland Site Name: Claughreid
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.9 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: NX517560  Landranger Map Number: 83
Latitude: 54.876704N  Longitude: 4.312916W
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.
 3 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.
 3 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
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Claughreid submitted by stu
Claughreid Stone Circle in Dumfries & Galloway. Similar to the Glenquickan circle just over Cambret hill, here though the centre stone has fallen.

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Claughreid Claughreid submitted by durhamnature
Plan of the circle from "Report of Commission on Monuments...Galloway" via archive.org

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