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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Knock (Leylodge) Alternative Name: South LeylodgeCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Kintore Nearest Village: Leylodge
Map Ref: NJ7611813345
Latitude: 57.210243N Longitude: 2.396994W
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 in Aberdeenshire. A pyramid-shaped grey granite stone about 1.3 meters high. on the South face of a hill called The Knock. According to RCAHMS this stone is now lying prone but it was recorded as being upright in the Name Book in 1866, standing 1.5 meters high.
RCAHMS (Site no. 18708) do not explain why they think it has fallen: the pyramid shape would make it very hard to topple and if stood on end it would not be much taller.
(Beware faux stones - the neighbouring fields feature three prominently placed stone pillars which are shown on the OS map as Standing Stones but are now classified as cattle rubbing stones.)
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