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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Borland Stone Alternative Name: Borland (Perthshire)Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.13 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Blairgowrie Nearest Village: Blacklunans
Map Ref: NO1536160677 Landranger Map Number: 43
Latitude: 56.730045N Longitude: 3.38491W
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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Information on this standing stone can be found on Canmore ID 29401which says this stone is: "a thin slab of granite, 1.0m high, 0.7m wide and 0.2m thick, oriented NE.SW, with a few loose stones heaped around its base. Known locally as the 'Borland Stone' from the farm on which it is situated. Visited by OS (WDJ) 25 April 1968 .... (sited) on a prominent rise some 280m SE of Borland steading; the E side is slightly convex and the inner part of the W side is concave."
The Borland Stone is also featured on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) web site. See their page for Borland, Blacklunans, Alyth, Perthshire, which gives directions on how to find the stone, together with a brief archaeology and history.
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