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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: AuchorachanCountry: Scotland County: Moray Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Auchbreck
Map Ref: NJ20932780
Latitude: 57.333844N Longitude: 3.315047W
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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Situated on a steeply sloping, west-facing hillside to the south of of Auchorachan steading [and 50m N of the Nevie Burn], is a standing stone of prehistoric date. The stone stands about 1.7m in height and 1.3m in girth and is roughly triangular in shape with a packing of smaller stones around its base. [text from
RCAHMS webpage]
The 1874 OS map marked it as a circle but the name Book of 1869 records only one stone "said to be a Druidical remain"; in fact the steep slope makes this an unlikely site for a circle.
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