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<< Our Photo Pages >> Shin River - Stone Circle in Scotland in Highlands

Submitted by Tom_Bullock on Monday, 11 November 2002  Page Views: 9029

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Shin River
Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: NC582049  Landranger Map Number: 16
Latitude: 58.010583N  Longitude: 4.401576W
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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Shin River submitted by Bladup : Shin River stone circle. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Shin River submitted by durhamnature : Plan of one of the circles, from Scottish National Heritage report, via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NC5804 : Approaching the A839 road junction by John Lucas
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NC5804 : Chickens in the snow, near Lairg by sylvia duckworth
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NC5804 : Rough grazing north of Gruids by John Lucas
by John Lucas
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NC5805 : The A839 road approaching Lairg by John Lucas
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NC5805 : Lairg Estate the Dam pool River Shin by Donald H Bain
by Donald H Bain
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 28m NE 43° River Shin SE Stone Circle (NC58220492)
 58m WNW 299° River Shin NW* Stone Circle (NC58150493)
 581m WNW 299° The Ord* Ancient Village or Settlement (NC577052)
 2.1km NNW 330° Ferry Wood* Broch or Nuraghe (NC57190679)
 2.7km SW 225° Gruids Wood Cairn (NC56200307)
 2.9km SW 226° Druim Baile Fuir North Cairn (NC56030292)
 3.0km SW 226° Achany Stone Circle* Stone Circle (NC560029)
 3.1km SSW 199° Achany Chambered Cairn* Chambered Cairn (NC57100200)
 3.1km SW 228° Druim Baile Fuir West Ancient Village or Settlement (NC55780289)
 3.6km NNE 14° Saval Cairn Cairn (NC59220837)
 3.9km N 0° Savalmore Burnt Mound Artificial Mound (NC58350881)
 4.1km S 174° Auchinduich* Stone Circle (NC58450084)
 4.8km E 89° Allt Na Meirle Broch or Nuraghe (NC63000484)
 5.4km NW 321° Sallachadh Broch* Broch or Nuraghe (NC549092)
 5.5km N 7° Broch in Dalchork Wood* Broch or Nuraghe (NC591103)
 6.8km SSW 211° Linsidemore* Stone Circle (NH54509918)
 8.2km S 182° Invershin Farm* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NH5760796742)
 8.4km WSW 251° Durcha Broch or Nuraghe (NC50170239)
 10.1km SW 229° Carn Mor 3 Broch or Nuraghe (NH50399853)
 10.7km WSW 236° Carn Mor 2 Broch or Nuraghe (NH49039926)
 11.4km ENE 67° West Langwell Ancient Village or Settlement (NC68880888)
 11.7km NNW 330° Shinness* Broch or Nuraghe (NC52731526)
 11.9km ENE 67° West Langwell Hut Circle Ancient Village or Settlement (NC69300921)
 11.9km ENE 67° Lang Well Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NC69300921)
 12.0km ENE 67° West Langwell Cairns Cairn (NC69410917)
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Re: Shin River by golux on Tuesday, 18 September 2012
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According to RCAHMS, there are 2 possible (but questionable) stone circle near this location. Each has a page on The Portal (River Shin NW and River Shin SE) so this page is an unecessary duplication.
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