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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Clach a' Phlaigh Alternative Name: Carn na Marbh, Fortingall, Plague Stone
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Kenmore Nearest Village: Fortingall
Map Ref: NN74064693 Landranger Map Number: 51
Latitude: 56.597301N Longitude: 4.052776W
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

4 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.

3 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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**Clach a' Phlaigh** submitted by rogerkread : Cairn with stone standing proud on a glorious day. (Vote or comment on this photo)

A standing stone on top of a barrow in Perthshire

Standing stone (Carn na Marbh). The stone marks the mound under which victims of the 14th century Great Plague were buried. As such it is presumably not ancient, or at least disturbed from its original position.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

NN7446 : Carn na Marbh by Euan Nelson — by Euan Nelson
©2011(licence)

NN7447 : Fortingall Church by David Greenhalgh — by David Greenhalgh
©2006(licence)

NN7447 : Ancient yew tree and churchyard, Fortingall, in 1992 by David Gearing — by David Gearing
©2010(licence)

NN7447 : Fartairchill by Euan Nelson — by Euan Nelson
©2011(licence)

NN7447 : The main road through Fortingall by Bill Boaden — by Bill Boaden
©2009(licence)

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