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

Map Ref: NH74194416 Landranger Map Number: 27
Latitude: 57.470197N Longitude: 4.099331W
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

no data Ambience:

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

no data 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.

no data 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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**Culchunaig** submitted by Tom_Bullock : Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stone Circle in Highland. A denuded Clava Cairn consisting of a 18 - 20m mound with 2 large stones, 1.3m and 1.5m high, standing in the south being the remains of a kerb. A single survivor of the outer circle stands 6m away from the mound to the south-west.

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