Acharra
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Acharra
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Achara
Canmore ID 23333
Site Number NM95SE 3
NGR NM 9866 5455
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23333
- Council Highland
- Parish Lismore And Appin (Lochaber)
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Argyll
NM95SE 3 9866 5455.
(NM 9866 5455) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
One of the most impressive standing stones in Lorn is situated in a level field 180 metres NW of Achara. It measures 3.7 metres in height and 1.1 by 0.6 metres at the base, and tapers to a pointed top about 0.4 metres in thickness. The long axis lies NE and SW.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1967
As described.
Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.
Visited by OS (D W R) 19 November 1976.
Watching Brief (25 October 2019)
NM 98665 54556 (centred) A watching brief was carried out, on 25 October 2019, during the construction of the cycle path within 200m of the Scheduled Monument of Acharra Standing Stone, south of Duror. No archaeological remains or finds were encountered during the work.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: McGowan Environmental Engineering Ltd
Alan Hunter Blair – GUARD Archaeology Ltd
(Source: DES Vol 21)
