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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Liggar's StaneCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Inverurie
Map Ref: NJ74702488
Latitude: 57.313781N Longitude: 2.42165W
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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megalithicmatt visited on 2nd Jun 2008 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 1 Access: 5 Somewhat disappointed by the size. Uncertain if it's even the correct stone...
"NJ72SW 11 7457 2485 removed to 7470 2488.
(NJ 7457 2485) Liggars' Stane (NR) (site of).
OS 6" map, Aberdeenshire, 2nd ed., (1901)
The Liggars' Stane is a large whinstone, about 7 ft (2.13m) high and 2 ft 0.61m) broad, said to mark the burial-place of the female camp-followers who were slain at the Battle of Harlaw.
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