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Achnabreck
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Achnabreck
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 39545
Site Number NR89SE 13
NGR NR 85537 90197
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/39545
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmichael Glassary
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR89SE 13 85537 90197
(NR 8554 9018) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1924).
Location formerly entered as NR 8553 9019.
See also:
NR89SE 2 Centred NR 85570 90690 Cup- and ring-marked rocks
NR89SE 19 NR 85664 90564 Cup- and ring-marked rock
NR89SE 20 NR 85720 90655 Cup- and ring-marked rock
NR89SE 27 NR 857 906 Cup-marked rock
NR89SE 28 NR 860 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock
NR89SE 29 NR 862 904 Cup-marked rock
NR89SE 30 NR 862 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock
NR89SE 31 NR 862 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock
NR89SE 32 NR 864 903 Cup- and ring-marked rock
NR89SE 56 NR 85566 90814 Cup- and ring-marked rock
A stone, similar to an ancient standing stone, but not standing on end. Mr Smyth of Auchnaba made some excavations round it, and found human bones (Name Book 1867). It measures 14'9" x 2'7" x 10 1/2".
OS Name Book 1867; M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964
A fallen standing stone, as described.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 7 May 1973
NR 8554 9019. A recumbent stone as described in the previous information.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 29 March 1977
Field Visit (June 1981)
This fallen stone, situated about 140 m SSE of Achnabreck, is 4.6 m long, 0.92 m wide and 0.22 m thick at its W end; the other end is obscured by turf. It is recorded that the stone had already fallen by 1867, and that excavation close to it produced human bones (Name Book 1867; Campbell and Sandeman 1964).
RCAHMS 1988, visited June 1981.
