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<< Our Photo Pages >> Buldoo - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Caithness

Submitted by cosmic on Wednesday, 03 October 2007  Page Views: 9173

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Buldoo Alternative Name: Latheron Two Stones
Country: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
 Nearest Village: Latheron
Map Ref: ND20003369
Latitude: 58.284529N  Longitude: 3.365979W
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.
3 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.
3 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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Buldoo
Buldoo submitted by cosmic : Buldoo from East (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Caithness

A big stone over twelve and a half feet high and about three feet to each side.

A smaller, squatter stone is nearby to SW
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Buldoo
Buldoo submitted by SumDoood : This low-ish stone is by the field boundary and almost exactly due east of the larger standing stone at Buldoo. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Buldoo
Buldoo submitted by SumDoood : Near to the lowest corner of the same field is apparently a standing stone in the making, or the site from which Buldoo was quarried. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Buldoo
Buldoo submitted by postman : Two stones at Buldoo. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Buldoo
Buldoo submitted by cosmic : Buldoo from South (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Buldoo
Buldoo submitted by cosmic : Buldoo from North (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 2.0km NNE 21° Usshilly Tulloch* Broch or Nuraghe (ND2075035520)
 2.2km W 271° Smerral Broch or Nuraghe (ND17803379)
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 2.5km NNE 27° Appnag Tulloch* Broch or Nuraghe (ND2121035910)
 2.5km SW 217° Latheronwheel Chambered Cairn Chambered Cairn (ND18443168)
 2.6km WSW 242° Latheronwheel Mains Broch or Nuraghe (ND17623251)
 2.7km NNE 15° Forse House Stone Circle* Stone Circle (ND2076136315)
 3.5km SW 221° Knockinnon* Broch or Nuraghe (ND17643105)
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 4.1km WSW 253° Achnagoul circle Stone Circle (ND16013256)
 4.3km WSW 247° Achnagoul* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ND16023207)
 4.4km NE 56° Lybster* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (ND237361)
 4.4km W 277° Houstry* Standing Stone (Menhir) (ND156343)
 5.0km WNW 287° Tiantulloch* Broch or Nuraghe (ND15243522)
 5.4km WSW 239° Dunbrae Broch Broch or Nuraghe (ND15323098)
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Re: Buldoo by Anonymous on Sunday, 15 October 2023
interestingly close to latitude 58 degrees 16 minutes 57 seconds which is the golden ratio rectangle angle from the equator
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Re: Buldoo by SumDoood on Sunday, 23 August 2015
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My first thought was that this stone's purpose was as an aid to navigation, as are some similarly situated standing stones in the Western Isles. I still wish I could take a look at this one from the sea, even though its sides are of similar proportions so that no sailor could obtain a relatively narrow or broad view of the stone as a guide to changing / maintaining a certain course towards land.
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Re: Buldoo by davidmorgan on Monday, 29 April 2013
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Re: Buldoo by Martin_L on Thursday, 20 October 2011
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? At 58.285671, -3.362122 (approximately 230m NE of the given location for Buldoo) google-maps shows something looking like another standing stone. Any info available? Thank you.
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