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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hilton Of Moncrieffe - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Perth and Kinross

Submitted by BigSweetie on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 6858

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hilton Of Moncrieffe
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Perth
Map Ref: NO11062067  Landranger Map Number: 53
Latitude: 56.369942N  Longitude: 3.441453W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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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Re: Hilton Of Moncrieffe by cosmic on Monday, 16 June 2008
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Condition:2
Ambience:3
Access:3
Accuracy:5

This standing stone has fallen sometime between 1910 (when Coles visited it) and 1963. It lies on a SE spur of Hilton Hill.

Coles gave its height as 7ft 6ins while Canmore say it is 2.6m long so someone can work out how much was originally in the ground.
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