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<< Text Pages >> Kirktonhill - Stone Circle in Scotland in Scottish Borders

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kirktonhill
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 4.4 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Scottish Borders Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: NT470540  Landranger Map Number: 66
Latitude: 55.776407N  Longitude: 2.84648W
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
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
3

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NT4754 : Burn confluence beneath Kirktonhill by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2010(licence)
NT4653 : Fields, Hartside by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2010(licence)
NT4653 : Hartside Farm by O O'Brien
by O O'Brien
©2007(licence)
NT4754 : Woodland, Kirktonhill by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2010(licence)
NT4654 : Sheep, Laverockbank by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2010(licence)

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