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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Auldearn Stone Row Alternative Name: KinstearyCountry: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Nairn Nearest Village: Auldearn
Map Ref: NH93125486
Latitude: 57.571121N Longitude: 3.788593W
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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Klingon visited on 10th Feb 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 4
SandyG visited on 9th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5 This row stands mainly in a private garden and permission to visit it should be sought at Stonerow House. Car parking is available nearby at NH 93300 54800. It is a short walk from here to the row.
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 2.5 Access: 4.5
Auldearn Stone Row, also known as Kinsteary, is recorded in Canmore ID 15597 as a "Cairn and Stone Row". The row has a length of 76.2 metres and is at an orientation of 135 degrees. The site sits at an altitude of 37 metres above sea level and looks over the sea to the north and west.
The Canmore record describes a cairn with a stone row extending from it in a south-easterly direction. The cairn is described as having a ditch and vallum; it was excavated in 1903 and found to contain a cist.
The alignment consists of six large boulders some 7 feet high and 27 feet apart. One boulder appears to be missing. The Canmore record goes onto say that of the six stones, only 2 remain upright.
Directions on how to get to this site are given on the Modern Antiquarian site page for Auldearn: "Coming from the east of Auldearn, on the A96, take the B9101 towards the village then take the first minor road heading south east. The cairn and stone row are in the field immediately after Roundall Wood. Look west." (correct as of February 2009).
Update September 2019: The Stone Rows of Great Britain feature an entry for this stone row - see their page for Auldearn, which includes photographs of the alignment and of the individual stones, a description, a simplified plan of the row with its associated cairn, plus access information. SRoGB says that originally the row would have had restricted views of the sea as you moved up and down it.
Note: The Stone Rows of Great Britain notes: "This row stands mainly in a private garden and permission to visit it should be sought at Stonerow House".
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