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<< Our Photo Pages >> Aberscross - Stone Circle in Scotland in Highlands

Submitted by Bladup on Tuesday, 09 July 2002  Page Views: 10169

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Aberscross Alternative Name: The Mound
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.4 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Highlands Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: NH7690399077  Landranger Map Number: 21
Latitude: 57.963895N  Longitude: 4.082258W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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soulsurfer visited on 3rd Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Easy to get to, 30 metres from the road. Park in a lay-by and walk through a gate, up the hill, near the burn.

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Aberscross
Aberscross 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

3 standing stones and 2 fallen, on both 1:50000 and 1:25000 OS maps.
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Aberscross
Aberscross submitted by soulsurfer : Three of the stones are still standing. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Aberscross
Aberscross submitted by soulsurfer : The largest stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Aberscross
Aberscross 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)

Aberscross
Aberscross submitted by Bladup : Aberscross stone circle, Showing the circle when very overgrown. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Aberscross
Aberscross submitted by Bladup (Vote or comment on this photo)

Aberscross
Aberscross submitted by Bladup

Aberscross
Aberscross submitted by NickiMacRae : Aberscross Stone Circle.

Aberscross
Aberscross submitted by NickiMacRae

Aberscross
Aberscross submitted by NickiMacRae : Aberscross Stone Circle in winter, when the stones are more visible through the bracken. (2 comments)

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