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Submitted by cosmic on Friday, 08 August 2008 Page Views: 4797

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Law of Melrose Alternative Name: Melrose
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.8 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Aberdeenshire Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Macduff
Map Ref: NJ75666426
Latitude: 57.667556N Longitude: 2.409658W
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

no data Access:

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.

3 Accuracy:

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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**Law of Melrose** submitted by cosmic : Law of Melrose from B9031 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cairn in Aberdeenshire

Again crops prevented access, this being obvious from Cairn Lee from where I should have tried a long distance photograph.
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