<< Our Photo Pages >> Home Farm Stones - Standing Stones in Scotland in Dumfries and Galloway
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Home Farm StonesCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Dalbeattie Nearest Village: Kirkbean
Map Ref: NX93965677
Latitude: 54.894375N Longitude: 3.654907W
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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Home Farm is on the A710 on the Solway Coast. There is a pair of squat standing stones near to a dry stane dyke. The 1st stone is 1m high, the 2nd 1.5m high. Kells Standing Stone is within 500m of this site.
See Canmore ID 65405 for more details.
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