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Submitted by rogerkread on Tuesday, 09 May 2017 Page Views: 1748

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Bridge of Lyon long cairn Alternative Name: Fortingall
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Long Barrow
Nearest Town: Kenmore Nearest Village: Fortingall
Map Ref: NN72964655
Latitude: 56.593593N Longitude: 4.070492W
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

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.

4 Accuracy:

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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Uralsdaughter visited on 18th Aug 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Field was full of curious cows.

**Bridge of Lyon long cairn** submitted by rogerkread : View from the west. The bank to the left of the barrow appears to be ancient walling and is a continuation of that running alongside the nearby road. When that road curves to the right to approach the bridge the walling continues in a straight line to run beside the cairn as shown. Was this the original line of the road to a ford, before the bridge was built? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Long Barrow in Perth and Kinross

A rather battered long cairn close to the road, easily reached with gates into the field near each end of the cairn. About 5 feet high and 100 feet long according to Canmore.

See the listing for Canmore ID 24999 Fortingall Long Cairn (Neolithic) which says adds: "NN 729 466: Possible Long Cairn, Fortingall. A mound of earth and stones measuring 105' along the ENE-WSW axis, and about 5' high. Across the E end it is about 30' wide, across the centre it is about 38', and about the same across the W end. In plan, the ends appear to be rounded. There is a very slight dip in the surface of the field along the S side of the mound which might indicate the presence of a ditch some 8' - 10' wide. On the N side, this feature, if it exists, is obscured by an old dyke running at an oblique angle to the side of the cairn."
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NN7346 : Cattle in a field near Bridge of Lyon by Richard Sutcliffe — by Richard Sutcliffe
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NN7246 : Bridge of Lyon by Jim Barton — by Jim Barton
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NN7246 : The Bridge at Bridge-of-Lyon by Lisa Jarvis — by Lisa Jarvis
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NN7246 : Bridge of Lyon by Steven Brown — by Steven Brown
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NN7246 : Bridge of Lyon by G Laird — by G Laird
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