<< Our Photo Pages >> John Bell's Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Aberdeenshire
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: John Bell's StoneCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Kemnay Nearest Village: Monymusk
Map Ref: NJ72111271
Latitude: 57.204312N Longitude: 2.46327W
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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Chrus visited on 1st Jan 0000 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5
Historically this stone was thought to have been erected around 1617 in memory of the aarchitect of the nearby Castle Fraser.
Modern thinking has two reasons for believing that it is a genuine standing stone. Firstly it is the same rough hewn granite as the flankers of the nearby Castle Fraser RSC. Secondly that the pryamidal topping stone which does commemorate the said John Bell is different from the rough hewn stone beneath.
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