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<< Text Pages >> Mill Of Carden - Stone Circle in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, 15 July 2002  Page Views: 5979

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mill Of Carden
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: NJ690250  Landranger Map Number: 38
Latitude: 57.314506N  Longitude: 2.516287W
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
Destroyed 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
3

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Re: Mill Of Carden by Runemage on Sunday, 11 April 2010
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Could this be one of the stones from the destroyed circle? If not of interest, please delete.

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&q=57.3145059668,-2.51628693003(Mill+Of+Carden)&ie=UTF8&ll=57.320636,-2.510805&spn=0.025164,0.065231&z=14&layer=c&cbll=57.32066,-2.511041&panoid=r07_M4rYSWWtA1P7hp8L3w&cbp=12,206.29,,2,8.92
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