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<< Our Photo Pages >> Killievair - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Angus

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Killievair
Country: Scotland County: Angus Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Brechin
Map Ref: NO562609  Landranger Map Number: 44
Latitude: 56.737678N  Longitude: 2.717584W
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.
4 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
4

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Killievair submitted by TheCaptain : Borrowed from Historic Environment Scotland facebook page. "While visiting the Killievair Standing Stone near Brechin recently, one of our Heritage Casework Team field officers found it had fallen over. We commissioned the re-erection of the stone so the public could appreciate the monument as it was supposed to be. This involved moving the stone, undertaking an excavation to record its... (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Note: Historic Environment Scotland write: "While visiting the Killievair Standing Stone near Brechin recently, one of our Heritage Casework Team field officers found it had fallen over. We commissioned the re-erection of the stone so the public could appreciate the monument as it was supposed to be. This involved moving the stone, undertaking an excavation to record its socket and check for burials, and then re-erecting the stone in a new socket in its original location."
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Killievair submitted by Nick : The stone looking north-west (Vote or comment on this photo)

Killievair
Killievair submitted by Nick : From Brechin head north-west out of the town under the A94 and take the Careston / Noranside road. Just under 2 kilometres out of town, on the north side of the road, you will see the stone in the near corner of a field. There are some cottages just before where you may park carefully. The stone itself is relatively unremarkable, no cup or ring marks, but is of strangely striated stone. This s... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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NO5660 : Killievair Stone by Scott Cormie
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NO5660 : Killievair Stone by Dominic Dawn Harry and Jacob Paterson
by Dominic Dawn Harry and Jacob Paterson
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NO5660 : Minor road at Barrelwell by Steven Brown
by Steven Brown
©2012(licence)
NO5660 : Entering Barrelwell from Brechin by Alan Morrison
by Alan Morrison
©2012(licence)
NO5660 : Barrelwell, near Careston by Alan Morrison
by Alan Morrison
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