Ballater-St.Manire - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by cosmic on Wednesday, 03 August 2005  Page Views: 9278

Site Name: Ballater-St.Manire
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Ballater  Nearest Village: Crathie
Map Ref: NO300962
Latitude: 57.051526N  Longitude: 3.155527W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Ballater-St.Manire submitted by cosmic : Stone form SW. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NO3096 : Standing stone by Stanley Howe
by Stanley Howe
©2008(licence)
NO3096 : Cairn on site of old burial ground by Stanley Howe
by Stanley Howe
©2008(licence)
NO3096 : Ballater St.Marine by Ewen Rennie
by Ewen Rennie
©2008(licence)
NO3096 : Old lime kiln by Stanley Howe
by Stanley Howe
©2008(licence)
NO2996 : Lebhall Steading by Stanley Howe
by Stanley Howe
©2007(licence)

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