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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Old Man of Gugh
Country: England County: Isles of Scilly Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Village: Island of Gugh
Map Ref: SV89040848 Landranger Map Number: 203
Latitude: 49.895540N Longitude: 6.33149W
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

4 Ambience:

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

4 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.

no data 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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**Old Man of Gugh** submitted by paulcall : A view looking south over the Atlantic of this well situated stone (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gugh is a fantastic island, with many entrance graves, Cairns and evidence of Bronze Age round houses on the northeast and northwest sides of the island. The Old Man of Gugh fits into this ancient landscape, protruding out from the spongy down land like a plant reaching to gain the rays of the sun. Standing 2.4 meters high it is a prominent feature on the skyline.

George Bonsor dug around it's base in 1900 but found nothing.
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