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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: ErnespieCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.7 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Castle Douglas Nearest Village: Hillowtown
Map Ref: NX77476321 Landranger Map Number: 84
Latitude: 54.948441N Longitude: 3.914616W
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
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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 |
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There are two stones remaining in a field below the Urr Valley Hotel on the outskirts of Castle Douglas. They are both about 4 feet high. It is difficult to visualise how they would have fitted into a circle - it would have been very large and most of the field is on a slope.
This pair of monoliths are described in Canmore site no. 64626 which adds that the stones stand just over 2 metres apart, and "are the (possible) remains of a (Neolithic/Bronze Age) stone circle ... The former positions of the other stones of the circle are not apparent."
With thanks to Alistair Livingston for the info
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