Ballater-St.Manire - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Aberdeenshire
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Site Name: Ballater-St.ManireCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Ballater Nearest Village: Crathie
Map Ref: NO300962
Latitude: 57.051526N Longitude: 3.155527W
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 (Menhir) in Aberdeenshire
Just off the A93 to Braemar this is a strange site. Although marked on the OS Map 1:50,00 as just a standing stone, the 1:25,000 also has a burial ground. According RCAHMS a chapel was built here in the 6th Century which incorporated an existing standing stone which was used as a reading desk for the chapel! Unbaptised children were supposedly buried here until the 19th century.
The actual Canmore listing is Ballater (in the parish of Glenmuick) but it is over four miles West of Ballater village itself.
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