Arran, Allt Nan Tighean
Four Poster Stone Circle (Bronze Age)
Site Name Arran, Allt Nan Tighean
Classification Four Poster Stone Circle (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Auchleffan
Canmore ID 39613
Site Number NR92NE 2
NGR NR 97838 25051
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/39613
- Council North Ayrshire
- Parish Kilmory
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Cunninghame
- Former County Buteshire
NR92NE 2 9784 2505.
(NR 9784 2504) Standing Stones (NR).
OS 6" map, (1924)
This monument, listed as a "four-poster" by Burl, consists of four rectangular granite pillars, between 2ft 6ins and 3ft 6ins high, set exactly N, S, E and W, enclosing an area 16ft square. It was excavated by Bryce, who found nothing.
Sources: T Bryce 1903; H A W Burl 1971.
NR 9784 2505 A setting of four large stones generally as described above. They are not, however, oriented as suggested, but occupy "the corners of a square". (c/f NS93NW 1).
Surveyed at 1:10 000 and 1:100.
Visited by OS (B S) 16 November 1977.
Condition Survey (8 September 2014 - 12 September 2014)
AOC Archaeology Group undertook a survey of seven chambered cairns and one four poster stone circle on Arran was undertaken for the purposes of providing a baseline record, for conservation management and for archaeological study.
Information from OASIS ID: aocarcha1-200509 (G Cavers) 2014
Note (29 November 2018)
The location, classification and period of this site have been reviewed.
HES Survey and Recording 29 November 2018
