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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Harperstone (Dunblane)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Stirling Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Dunblane
Map Ref: NN838032
Latitude: 56.207156N Longitude: 3.874833W
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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Stone Circle in Stirling
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) call theirs 'an intriguing' entry, as not much is known about the Harperstone Circle, Dunblane, Stirlingshire.
There has been discussion about whether or not this might be a druidical circle, a stone circle, or even two separate stone circles. Very little is known about this site.
TNA quote a reference from the 1830 Stirling Journal: "About eight miles from Stirling by the Sheriffmuir Road, near a place called Harperstone, there is a remarkable circle of stones, supposed to have been a druidical place of worship of old. The site of this circle is rather uncommon in this country — being on the back summit of a high hill, one of the Ochils called the Black Hill, and exposed to every wind that blows. It is about two English miles south of the present roadway."
The TNA page also include photographs, including one of an arc of 3 stones in the general location, and calls for a more detailed examination of the area around this stone circle.
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