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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dalcross MainsCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.459 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Highlands Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Inverness
Map Ref: NH779484 Landranger Map Number: 27
Latitude: 57.509273N Longitude: 4.03964W
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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This cairn with outer stone circle lies between two fields overlooking the Moray Firth. The area around has been ploughed and quarried, while the site itself is rather overgrown with birch trees. Despite this the cairn has survived relatively well with the outer kerb stones being almost complete. Unfortunately the same cannot be said of the surrounding stone circle, only two stones of which remain to the south.
The eastern stone of the two has a broken top and stands at just over a metre in height, while the western one which is veined with quartzite, has fallen outwards due to erosion.
Reference: The Chambered Cairns of the Central Highlands, A.S.Henshall & J.N.G.Ritchie (Edinburgh Uni Press, 2002).
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