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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Clasach Cove
Country: Scotland County: Moray Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone

Map Ref: NJ16007013 Landranger Map Number: 28
Latitude: 57.713076N Longitude: 3.411523W
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

no data Ambience:

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3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
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no data Access:

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
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no data Accuracy:

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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**Clasach Cove** submitted by wiccaman9 : Clashach Cove, The Eastern edge has a large cave, but it is the small tunnel to the West that houses the symbol, on it's Eastern wall. Aron Bowers (Vote or comment on this photo)

Class I Pictish Symbol Stone in Moray

The small depiction of a Crescent and V-rod, on the top of the east wall of the cave at Clashach Cove. (A pale shadow compared to the grandeur of the nearby Sculptor's Cave).

At Clashach Cove, the Eastern edge has a large cave, but it is the small tunnel to the West that houses the symbol, on it's Eastern wall.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

NJ1670 : Clashach Cove showing cave entrances by Nigel Feilden — by Nigel Feilden
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NJ1670 : North Exit of Natural Tunnel by Anne Burgess — by Anne Burgess
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NJ1570 : Caves at Clashach Cove by John Lucas — by John Lucas
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NJ1670 : Why oh why oh why .... by Anne Burgess — by Anne Burgess
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NJ1670 : Cave at Clashach Cove by Alan Hodgson — by Alan Hodgson
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