http://www.stonepages.com has accessibility icons for the sites it lists, but of course, it has nowhere near the number of sites that are on TMA.

As my partner has limited mobility, I find I have to restrict myself mainly to sites within a 20 minute walk of car parking, which means there are a great many sites I'll prtobably never get round to seeing. Them's the breaks.

Have you tried Long Meg,it is just north of Penrith.You can drive straight in and should have no trouble with access to stones.Hope this is of help.
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Trippet stones on Bodmin moor is do-able. Close to the road, slightly uneven in places. I'm fairly sure you could get a chair there. Long meg is no problem.

My daughter uses a wheelchiar but only a little one, we're looking at off road types of chair, but aren't getting much better than oversized 3 wheeler buggies.

I remeber a while back seeing something about legged, spider-type contraptions but they were prototypes. Don't think anything came of it, and I imagine the martgage needed to buy one would rule it out for most.

Excellent idea. A friend has recently undergone some rather intricate knee surgery and his mobility is extremely limited. I became aware of this when I made a recent visit to a site in Cornwall, and tried to make mention of the difficulties on my field notes.

I shall endeavour to include ease of access on all future sites I vist, and shall certainly insist that my friends do likewise.

Just remembered Lordenshaws.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/browse.php?site_id=2917
It's about an hour north of Newcastle.

It has a very rocky carpark :-( but once this is negotiated there is a decent turf path up a not-too-steep slope to the main rock.
Not sure of your team's fitness but it's about 500 yards uphill to the rock. The main hillfort may be achievable, it's about another 3-400 yds.

[Last time I was there I was assessing it for access by a relative with a bad heart & new hip and I reckoned if she could walk around shopping in town she could manage this with maybe a few pauses for breath. she ain't been yet]

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I wonder if Holy could add a clickable icon to the fieldnotes etc. pages so that a description of disabled access could be appended in an easy to check manner? Otherwise,what emoticon might do? OLo was the best I could come up with, does't stand out much does it! Thanks cronezone for reminding us of access problems which apply not only to the disabled but to people with children in pushchairs. I'm going to look over and amend my postings re access.

A lot of our site listings have Access ratings. We use a very similar scale to Stone Pages.
Andy
http://www.megalithic.co.uk

· Access Rating

5 - Can be driven to. Full access for the disabled / sites such as barrows that can be seen from the road and are best viewed from a distance anyway.

4 - Accessed by a short walk on a footpath

3 - on a footpath but requiring a bit more of a walk

2 - On private land where permission should be sought to visit

1 - In the middle of nowhere, not on a footpath and a nightmare to find.

0 - no data

Aberdeenshire Sites from this thread, the criteria was 100 yards walking.

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/forum/?thread=24657&message=281503&offset=175

Berrybrae http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2850 Not far from the road but the ground can be marshy.

Tyrebagger http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/196 You can drive right up to the site if you are prepared to take the car up a rough track.

Easter Aquorthies http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/188 if you go past the official car park and up the farm road to let your partner off at the site

Kirkton of Bourtie http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2638 can be seen from the road.

Loanhead of Daviot http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/189 Go past the official car park up to the scout hut.

Midmar http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/190 in a churchyard

South Leylodge http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2637 can be seen from the road

Stonehead http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/193 Through one gate which I don't think was locked

Tom(e)naverie http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/195 has been designed with access in mind but it is up a medium hill and more then 100 yds (maybe 200).

Whitehills http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/283 is in forestry land and is close to a drivable forest road about 1 mile from the car park

Rothiemay http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/192 through one unlocked gate

Esslie the Greater http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2466 can be seen from the road but I think the gate was locked

Nine Stanes http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2467 There is a large parking area nearby but keep driving E for about 500m to the forest walk and you can pull off the road near the site

Cullerlie http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/186 See the post from pebbles

Broomend of Crichie's right next to the road too, as are quite a few of the 'lesser' sites.