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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 693396
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/693396
NR34NE 7 3895 4606
(NR 3896 4606) Standing Stones (NR)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed. (1900)
There are three standing stones at Achnancarraighean. One has fallen, but its base and a fragment almost buried in turf may be seen. The two still standing are the typically dressed, tapering stones of the district, but the tops of both have been broken off. The northerly one now stands 8ft by 4ft by 11ins, and the southerly one 9ft by 3ft by 9ins.
W Lamont 1959.
NR 3895 4607 Two standing stones, the northerly of which measures 1.2m by 0.3m by 2.7m high while the other, 6m away, is 0.9m by 0.3m by 2.9m high. Between these is a third stone lying partially buried in the turf and measuring 3m long by 0.9m.
Surveyed at 1:10000.
Visited by OS (BS), 20 June 1978.
