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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: TombegCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Inverurie Nearest Village: Monymusk
Map Ref: NJ67931426
Latitude: 57.217960N Longitude: 2.532655W
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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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Aberdeenshire
This standing stone is in broadleaved woodland some 100 yards WSW of the farmhouse of the same name. In his 1917 Antiquaries article Ritchie suggested that it was the remains of a stone circle with the rest of the stones being used in the building of the nearby Monymusk Church. Given that it is comparatively small (at four and half feet high) it would be surprising if it was left behind if this was the case.
Canmore site no. 18064.
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