Achnaclyth
Four Poster Stone Circle (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Site Name Achnaclyth
Classification Four Poster Stone Circle (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 7571
Site Number ND03SE 13
NGR ND 0912 3309
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/7571
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND03SE 13 0912 3309
See also ND03SE 17.
At ND 0912 3309, in open moorland relatively free of stones, is a setting of three upright slabs, 0.5 to 0.6m high, with their faces aligned NW-SE. They have undoubtedly been set up by man, and superficially their size and disposition suggest the orthostats of a chambered cairn, but cairn material is totally absent and this premise is unlikely. Alternatively, this may be the remains of a 'four-poster'.
The nearest man-made structures are six hut circles 80m to the NE (for which, see ND03SE 17).
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (NKB), 28 October 1982.
