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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Whitcastles Alternative Name: Little HartfellCountry: Scotland County: Dumfries and Galloway Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Lockerbie Nearest Village: Boreland
Map Ref: NY22408806 Landranger Map Number: 79
Latitude: 55.180717N Longitude: 3.220116W
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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For more information on this Neolithic/Bronze Age stone circle see Canmore site no. 67179. It lies 1010 metres north north west of Whitcastle Cottage and lies on a gently sloping west facing ground in a forest clearing.
There are 9 recumbent stones, "the largest being 2.1m by 1.7m by 0.6m. The ploughing has revealed a number of boulders within the circle and a 1.5m long slab 8.0m to the SW of it; however none appears to be significant. Thom's plan shows an outlier to the SW but this could not be located in dense forestry. It is possible that these stones were never set upright, ie that the circle was not finished."
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