<< Our Photo Pages >> Backhill Of Drachlaw - Stone Circle in Scotland in Aberdeenshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Backhill Of DrachlawCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Banff Nearest Village: Turriff
Map Ref: NJ67294633 Landranger Map Number: 29
Latitude: 57.505977N Longitude: 2.547526W
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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soulsurfer visited on 18th Sep 2013 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Sadly overgrown and fenced off requiring some effort to locate and visit despite being near a road.
DrewParsons have visited here
The farmer admitted to having dumped a rogue stone in the circle - I'll have to go back for another look!
Just under 300m away to the NNE is the huge Carlin Stone reckoned by Fred Cole to be the recumbent of another circle - personally I think it's too big (tall) to be a recumbent.
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