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Eyre Stone Rows
Date Added: 6th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Raasay)
Visited: Yes on 4th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 1
Eyre Stone Rows submitted by SandyG on 6th Jan 2018. Length of field boundary previously identified as a double stone row. View from south east (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: The feature described in Canmore forms part of a field boundary that extends further west to NG 57452 34870. The length that was previously described is hidden by bracken making photography difficult in the summer months. The features described are however all discernible. The pairs of stones described are almost touching and represent two sides of an incomplete wall. Walls of this type are present in the vicinity and it was probably intended that the wall would have butted a nearby field boundary at around NG 57541 34821. This is definitely a field boundary and not a stone row.
Blanefield
Date Added: 6th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Stirling)
Visited: Yes on 26th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Blanefield submitted by Creative Commons on 16th Mar 2014. Duntreath Standing Stones. The line of stones shown here is located at the high point of a field, not far from the West Highland Way (the tops of these stones can be seen on the skyline from the adjacent section of that route). The hill that is prominent in the background is Dumgoyach.
Five stones can be seen in the photograph; another lies hidden by the tall grass between the leftmost two stones.
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Log Text: Limited car parking is available at NS 53342 79669. From here walk north along the West Highland Way to NS 53280 80509 and take the path leading north.
A radio-carbon date of 2860 +/- 270 bc suggests that it was erected in the Middle Neolithic period. The Middle Neolithic date combined with the closeness of the stones and the presence of an associated mound suggests that this is more likely to represent the remnants of a chambered cairn facade than a stone row.
Brevig
Date Added: 5th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Barra and Vatersay)
Visited: Yes on 15th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Brevig submitted by Tom_Bullock on 17th Jun 2004. Brevig, Barra
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Log Text: There is no safe car parking available nearby. Parking is available at NL 67876 98704 but this involves a long walk along the road to NL 68966 98814. From here it is a short walk up the hill.
Drumtroddan Stone Row
Date Added: 5th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Drumtroddan Stone Row submitted by DavidRaven on 26th Jun 2005. Description useless. Go visit :-)
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Log Text: Parking is available at NX 36383 44051. From here it is a short walk up the hill to the stone row.
Torhousekie Stones East
Date Added: 5th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 3
Torhousekie Stones East submitted by vicky on 29th Oct 2002. The ruined stone row near Torhousekie stone circle.
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Log Text: This line of stones is probably entirely the result of field clearance. The largest stone at the northern end clearly sits on top of stones similar in size to those which lie in a line parallel to the field wall. The proximity of the stone circle has probably influenced the interpretation of this site as prehistoric. Whilst a prehistoric date cannot be wholly discounted the feature as a whole has the appearance of being the result of field clearance.
Torhousekie stone circle
Date Added: 5th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Torhousekie stone circle submitted by kelpie on 8th Jun 2002. A neat little circle easy to locate and very peaceful.
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Log Text: Parking is available next to the stone circle at NX 38295 56502.
Torhousekie East
Date Added: 5th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 5th Sep 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Torhouskie East submitted by DrewParsons on 19th Oct 2010. PID
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Log Text: Parking is available next to the stone circle at NX 38295 56502. From here the stone row is visible on the nearby knoll to the east. Carefully cross the road and enter by the gateway.
Dyke Row
Date Added: 5th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 6th Dec 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 1 Access 5
Dyke Row submitted by cosmic on 4th Jun 2004. Dyke Row at NT084036 is just to the south of Moffat
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Log Text: Car parking is available at NT 08327 03648. From here walk towards Moffat on the roadside path until you reach the row. Carefully cross the busy road. Best visited in the winter or early spring before the vegetation obscures the stones. One of the few stone rows with dreadful ambience.
Clochkeil
Date Added: 5th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 16th Mar 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Clochkeil submitted by SandyG on 5th Jan 2018. View from north east (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: Permission must be sought to visit this stone row. The stones now stand in the middle of the Macrihanish Dunes golf course and visitors should seek permission at the Club House Car at NR 65908 24231. When visited in 2017 permission was readily given with a smile. Head north from the club house following the main path for about 240m.
Glen Shiel
Date Added: 5th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Arran)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Glen Shiel submitted by kelpie on 29th Jul 2002. Two of three stones in this row, the third lies in a field on the other side of the road.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at NS 01247 37583. From here carefully cross the road and follow the Goatfell foot path to NS 01053 37736 where the left fork in the track should be taken. Follow this path to NS 00638 37754 where all three stones can be seen. Return to the path and continue until the road is reached. Turn left and walk downhill. The eastern stone is in the field on the left and the two western ones in the the field on the right.
Achnancarranan
Date Added: 5th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 19th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Achnancarranan submitted by SandyG on 5th Jan 2018. View from the north (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: A visit to this row can be combined with a trip around the Lagavulin Distillery. Parking is available at NR 40348 45757. From here follow the track north and then west to NR 39370 46232. Turn left and follow the track to stone row. Other standing stones can be visited enroute.
Ballochroy
Date Added: 4th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 15th Mar 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Ballochroy submitted by howe on 9th Jun 2009. The three stone row viewed in a traditionally reported solistial alignment with the paps of Jura.
In fact, antiquarial descriptions of the site show that the row was linearly aligned with three cairns and a further standing stone directed toward a hill on the mainland. Onlt one cist of the cairns is now visible.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at NR 72587 52099 which involves a long walk north along the beach or highway to NR 72992 52713 where the track to the stones leaves the public road. Alternatively you may wish to drive up the track and seek permission to park closer to the stones. The stones themselves are easy to find and are relatively close to a prominent modern farm building.
Stravanan Bay
Date Added: 4th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Bute)
Visited: Yes on 25th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stravanan Bay submitted by RMG on 11th Jul 2003. Stravanan Bay, Isle of Bute
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Log Text: Car parking is available next to the Blackpark stone circle at NS 09156 55715. From here walk along the road to NS 08760 54995 and then follow the track leading north.
Sannaig
Date Added: 4th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Jura)
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 2
Sannaig NR41 submitted by Tom_Bullock on 9th Jun 2004. A pick of images from the CD-ROM
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Log Text: Car parking is available at NR 50672 64747. From here follow the forest track to NR 51986 64770. Enter the forest and walk uphill until you reach the small clearing containing the stones. Access from the north is likely to be hampered or prevented by the deer fence. Whilst no ticks were encountered during the visit it would be wise to take particular care when visiting this row.
Ballinaby
Date Added: 4th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 19th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Ballinaby submitted by Andy B on 13th Jun 2011. Standing Stone Near Ballinaby
This tall stone is clearly visible from the road to the north of Loch Gorm, but is hidden from view on the path leading in from Saligo Bay. It's worth the walk. There's a second smaller stone in the next square, just visible in the left-hand side of this shot below a rocky outcrop.
Copyright Mary and Angus Hogg and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at NR 21145 66400. From here go through the gate and follow the track to NR 21112 66727. Take the path leading to the right. Despite the substantial height of the southern stone it is not visible until you get fairly close to the row.
Carragh a'Ghlinne
Date Added: 4th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Jura)
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Carragh a'Ghlinne submitted by Creative Commons on 9th Mar 2014. Curragh a' Ghlinne ('Stones of the Glen')
The only one of four standing stones that is still upright.
Site in Isle of Jura Scotland
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Log Text: Parking is available at NR 52170 66255. Be careful not to obstruct any other vehicles. From here walk west along the track. In the summer access to the stones is only available through high bracken. At the time of the site visit the area around the stones which is clear of high vegetation had significant numbers of ticks. Please check your clothing regularly.
Finlaggan
Date Added: 4th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Finlaggan submitted by Andy B on 13th Jun 2011. Finlaggan Standing Stone
A solitary Standing Stone , naturally predating the Lordship of the Isles. As ever various theories surround the placing and use of the stone. However in 1994 Geophysic surveys by the "Time Team" suggest that there may have originally been a line of stones marking the way to Jura.
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Log Text: The stone stands beside the public highway. Car parking is available nearby at the Finlaggan Trust visitor centre (NR 39183 68498) or at the roadside at NR 39544 68464.
Avinagillan
Date Added: 4th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 15th Mar 2017. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 2 Access 5
Avinagillan submitted by SandyG on 4th Jan 2018. View from the road.
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Log Text: Clearly visible from the road.
Escart
Date Added: 4th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 15th Mar 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Escart submitted by Iain Davidson on 19th Jun 2002.
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Log Text: The stone row stands within a farm-yard and permission to visit should be sought. The owner is very interested, enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Permission to visit was readily given in March 2017.
Leacaichluaine
Date Added: 4th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Argyll)
Visited: Yes on 14th Mar 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Leacaichluaine submitted by caradoc68 on 29th Feb 2012. Two stones lying down are believed to have stood at one time. Close by is what is left of a cairn.
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Log Text: Parking is available at NR 84994 92222. From here walk through gate and head north across the field to NR 84910 92315. A small burn will need to be crossed.