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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hill o'Many Stanes Alternative Name: Mid Clyth Stone Rows; Hill of Many Stones, Hill o'MannistanesCountry: Scotland County: Caithness Type: Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue
Nearest Town: Wick Nearest Village: Mid Clyth
Map Ref: ND2952438405 Landranger Map Number: 11
Latitude: 58.328499N Longitude: 3.205044W
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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stolinskie visited on 1st Jan 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
SandyG visited on 9th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Limited roadside car parking is available at ND 29557 38464. From here it is a short signposted walk to the rows.
Baxtonmoor visited on 4th Jun 2014 Been visiting site over many years since the early 1970's but this year was my first opportunity to see the actual layout using a small FPV quad that I have.
jeffrep visited on 19th May 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4
soulsurfer visited on 16th May 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Best of the many stone rows in Caithness... and we still don't really know why they were built.
SolarMegalith visited on 1st Oct 2008 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
Richard13 visited on 1st Aug 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
FrothNinja visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4
h_fenton DrewParsons NickyD have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.29 Ambience: 4 Access: 4
Access: In state care. Small car park. Signposted off the A9.
If you visit don't miss the sweet factory just down the road where you can watch seaside rock being extruded from a huge rock sausage if you're lucky.
Update October 2019: This row is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Hill O’ Many Stanes, Clyth, which includes a description, a plan of this fan-shaped alignment, photographs from visits in 1988, 2014 and September 2016, access information and links to online resources for more information (including a links to the Caithness Field Club Bulletin which features this row).
The row is also recorded as Canmore ID 8604 and as MHG2400 (Hill O' Many Stanes, Mid Clyth Stone Rows) on the Highland HER. The rows are also scheduled as SM90162 (Hill o'Many Stanes, stone rows) on the Historic Environment Scotland website.
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