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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cunninghar Alternative Name: Druidical Circle (Tilicoultry)Country: Scotland County: Clackmannanshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Tilicoultry
Map Ref: NS92569708 Landranger Map Number: 58
Latitude: 56.154256N Longitude: 3.731214W
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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Stone Circle in Clackmannanshire
This now destroyed stone circle is described on The Northern Antiquarian's (TNA) page for Cunninghar, Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire. They have a photograph of the one remaining stone to be found on an "elevated piece of ground above the north-side of the main road between Tillicoultry and Dollar", together it's location on the 1866 OS map and a brief archaeology & history.
It is also recorded as Canmore ID 48255, an extract of which reads: "A stone circle, the two diameters of which were estimated in 1898 as 106' NW - SE by 96' NE - SW. At that date the site of the circle was shown by one remaining stone (NS 9256 9708) (five feet from which a large cinerary urn was found in 1894) and the visible sites of some of the others, together with part of a small embankment which ran round the circle. According to a forester on the estate none of the stones which formed the circle was over 3' high; they were 4' to 5' apart and were broken up for building stones and some used to cover a water-pen near Tillicoultry House in the mid-19th century ... Near the centre, a cist, 4'9" by 2'6" by 2' deep was found in 1894 containing a food vessel and a contracted skeleton."
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