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<< Our Photo Pages >> Carinish - Stone Circle in Scotland in North Uist

Submitted by enkidu41 on Thursday, 15 February 2001  Page Views: 12043

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Carinish Alternative Name: North Uist 2
Country: Scotland County: North Uist Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: NF83236020  Landranger Map Number: 22
Latitude: 57.520704N  Longitude: 7.293276W
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
no data 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
4
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Carinish
Carinish submitted by Tom_Bullock : Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM (Vote or comment on this photo)
Stone Circle in North Uist. This site has been badly mistreated in modern times, The A865 runs through the site and further damage has been caused in recent times by road widening. In 1928 there were 16 stones; today only 7 survive. They are up to 1.5 m high.
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Carinish
Carinish submitted by Postman : Eaval skulks behind the tall straight bare tree with wires on. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carinish
Carinish submitted by SandyG : View from above and south east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carinish
Carinish submitted by SandyG : View from south east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carinish
Carinish submitted by SandyG : Northen part of the stone circle. View from east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carinish
Carinish submitted by SandyG : Northern side of the circle. View from east (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carinish
Carinish submitted by SandyG : The north western arc of the stone circle. View from west (Scale 1m).

Carinish
Carinish submitted by Postman : The road is right next to, indeed it runs through the circle but I've cannily not got it in this photo even though its right there.

Carinish
Carinish submitted by Postman : Circle stones and a strangely straight tree trunk.

Carinish
Carinish submitted by Postman : The larger part of the circle.

Carinish
Carinish submitted by Postman : This is the only surviving circle stone on the west side of the road.

Carinish
Carinish submitted by Tom_Bullock : Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM

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