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<< Text Pages >> Meikleour - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Scotland in Perth and Kinross

Submitted by vicky on Sunday, 22 December 2002  Page Views: 5288

Natural PlacesSite Name: Meikleour
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.347 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Perth and Kinross Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature

Map Ref: NO15993849  Landranger Map Number: 53
Latitude: 56.530894N  Longitude: 3.367405W
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.
no data 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.
no data 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
5

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Pair of Glacial Erratics in Perthshire

Canmore site no. 28496.
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Re: Meikleour by golux on Saturday, 25 August 2012
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"These stones are glacial erratics and there is no evidence that they have ever formed part of a stone setting."
RCAHMS (JRS) 12 December 1990.
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