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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kingside Hill Alternative Name: Kingside Hill Stone SettingCountry: Scotland County: East Lothian Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Cranshaws Nearest Village: Kingside Hill
Map Ref: NT62636503 Landranger Map Number: 67
Latitude: 55.876969N Longitude: 2.598851W
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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Stone Circle in East Lothian
This stone circle is was initially recorded as a huybrid ring cairn/stone circle during a 1913 visit to this site. "Thirty stones enclose an 11.6 by 10.7m area with a SW entrance and central mound; similar to the enclosed cremation cemetery of Weird Law." For more information see Canmore ID 57483 which adds: "this monument had been accidentally buried under field clearance at the end of 1986 ... the stone circle is made up of very small stones and therefore considerable difficulties were met in removing the modern material. The circle was cleared, preserving more or less the original contour of the ground. Two of the c.30 stones were touched by the machine and slightly moved. It was decided that some recent turf growth should be removed from around the lowest stones, to make them more easily visible, to avoid future accidental damage, and as a result two new stones were found."
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