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<< Text Pages >> Scone Cursus - Cursus in Scotland in Perth and Kinross

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Scone Cursus
Country: Scotland County: Perth and Kinross Type: Cursus
Nearest Town: Perth  Nearest Village: Scone
Map Ref: NO11532797  Landranger Map Number: 53
Latitude: 56.435593N  Longitude: 3.436314W
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
4 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
5

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Cruciform Long Enclosure in Perthshire

Status: Characteristic
NMR No. NO12NW 43
Extent: 190mx24m

Note: This location marks one terminal (end) of a cursus monument. The location of the other terminal can be found in the Nearby Site list below.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NO1128 : Blairhall farm by AllanKnaik
by AllanKnaik
©2009(licence)
NO1127 : Stormontfield Road near to Lochton House and Coney Bank by Peter Wood
by Peter Wood
©2019(licence)
NO1128 : Fields along Stormontfield Road, near Old Scone by Mike Pennington
by Mike Pennington
©2013(licence)
NO1127 : Old Milestone by Stormontfield Road, Sheriffton, Scone Parish by Milestone Society
by Milestone Society
©2019(licence)
NO1128 : Potato field next to Stormontfield Road by Scott Cormie
by Scott Cormie
©2021(licence)

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 189m ENE 70° Scone Cursus Cursus (NO11712803)
 1.8km W 278° King's Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO09712828)
 2.2km WNW 281° Denmarkfield Farm Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO09402844)
 2.3km W 259° Whinny Hill Round Cairn (NO093276)
 2.3km SE 130° Sandy Road* Stone Circle (NO1327526463)
 2.3km SE 130° Sandy Road East Stone Circle (NO13282646)
 2.4km W 267° Broxy Kennels* Hillfort (NO09112788)
 3.2km N 349° Colen* Stone Circle (NO110311)
 3.5km NNE 15° Druids Seat* Stone Circle (NO12483132)
 3.6km NW 310° Cramflat* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO0885530322)
 3.8km NE 36° Williamston Stone Circle (NO138310)
 3.8km SW 227° Hunting Tower Cursus (NO087254)
 3.9km SSE 162° Murray Royal Hospital* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO127242)
 4.0km ESE 114° Murrayshall* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO1519926265)
 4.1km E 98° Shianbank NW* Stone Circle (NO15552731)
 4.1km E 98° Shianbank SE* Stone Circle (NO15562729)
 4.2km S 174° Perth Museum and Art Gallery* Museum (NO119238)
 4.2km S 174° Inchyra* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NO119238)
 4.2km NE 41° Tammieteeth* Cairn (NO14403109)
 4.5km NE 34° Blackfaulds* Stone Circle (NO14133167)
 4.6km SW 230° Mains Of Huntingtower Stone Circle (NO079251)
 4.7km NNW 333° Overbenchil* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO095322)
 4.7km NW 314° Gellybank* Standing Stones (NO082313)
 5.2km S 174° South Inch, Perth Standing Stone (Menhir) (NO12002274)
 5.3km NW 325° Newmill souterrain* Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) (NO08513239)
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