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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Doune (Glenhead) Alternative Name: Glenhead FarmCountry: Scotland County: Stirling Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Village: Doune
Map Ref: NN7549300457 Landranger Map Number: 57
Latitude: 56.180425N Longitude: 4.007372W
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 |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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. |
| 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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SandyG visited on 2nd Oct 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Car parking is available at NN 75268 00334. From here enter the field to the east. The row will soon appear on the skyline. This row is situated in an arable field and therefore access is not normally available during the spring and summer months.
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This monument is recorded as Canmore ID 24689 which tells us there are three upright stones and one prostrate. The central stones has 23 cup marks on its level top.
Their most recent entry, from 1978, records: "This alignment of three standing stones runs from NNE to 55W over a distance of about 9m; the central stone is cup-marked, measuring 1.2m in height, and it is flanked by two leaning stones which would measure about 2m high if upright. The status of a recumbent block at the N end of the alignment is unclear, but it may have split off the northernmost stone."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also feature a page for this stone row - see their entry for Glenhead Stone Row, Doune, Perthshire, which gives directions for finding the site, photographs and a brief archaeology & history.
More information can be found on The Stone Rows of Great Britain - see their page for Doune (Glenhead) which includes a description, photographs, a plan of the alignment made from a recent survey in October 2016, and access information. The SRoGB notes: "This row is situated in an arable field and therefore access is not normally available during the spring and summer months"
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