<< Our Photo Pages >> Dirlot (North) - Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue in Scotland in Highlands
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dirlot (North)Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Thurso
Map Ref: ND1228048560 Landranger Map Number: 11
Latitude: 58.416561N Longitude: 3.503246W
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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SandyG visited on 4th Sep 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Take wellingtons with you. Very boggy.
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Update September 2019: This stone row is recorded as Canmore ID 8265, which discusses some thirteen or fourteen rows, being set on a rounded, heather-clad knoll. Canmore describes the rows as being "somewhat irregularly placed, some 3 to 5ft distant from each other in the rows, and the rows 6 to 7ft apart at the narrower end of the monument. On the crest of the hillock are two low mounds or cairns from which the rows appear to radiate".
This row is also featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Dirlot, North, which includes a description, photographs, two simplified plans of the Dirlot North alignment and its associated cairns, access information and a section discussion landscape reveals which come into play as you walk along the row. The SRoGB also includes links to other online resources for more information.
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