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Photo Pages: Na Carraigean Edintean - Stone Circle in Scotland in Perth and Kinross
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Submitted by Nick on Tuesday, 04 November 2003 Page Views: 4187
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 Site Name: Na Carraigean Edintean Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Perth and Kinross Type: Stone Circle
Map Ref: NN839620 Landranger Map Number: 43
Latitude: 56.735152N Longitude: 3.899414W
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Access:| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access | | 4 | Short walk on a footpath | | 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk | | 2 | A long walk | | 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find | | 0 | No data. |
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Stone Circle in Perthshire
This excellent little four-poster requires a bit of effort, as it's up the top of a wooded hill, situated a short way above Loch Tummel. Take the track up Glen Fincastle from the B8019 (the road past Clunie Dam) and walk up into Allean Forest. Surprisingly, the OS map tracks turned out to be relatively accurate this time, which is a bit of a first... The stones form the corners of a 3m square, graded to the SW, where the largest (1.2m tall) stands. It was a bit misty today, as you will see from the photographs, and I could only make the stones out when I got within around 30m. Pity, as the views are supposed to be pretty spectacular from here. I'll have to wander back on a good day! One of this site's alternate names is Na Clachan Aoraidh, which means 'the stones of worship'. The site is just to the west of Edintian (another alternate name for the site), a local farm, whose now anglicised name in reality is Aodann an t-Sithein, 'Face of the Fairy Hill', according to Seton ordon's "Highways and Byways in the Central Highlands".
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Re: Na Carraigean Edintean (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Monday, 21 April 2003 | This circle is more commonly known as Na Clachan Aoraidh - the stones of worship.
This four-poster is magnificently situated in the Forestry Commission's Allean Forest. It's quite a steep walk from the car park to the circle itself, on forestry roads and grassy tracks, about 8.0km in length (4.0km each way). But it's well worth the trek, as the circle sits on a hill cleared of trees, with fantastic views of the surrounding mountains.
The circle sits on a raised artificial platform, approximately 18.0m in diameter, and 0.6m in height. The platform is covered in grass, but some of the stones of which it is made are visible on the S edge. The surrounding area has been cleared of it's trees, leaving many stumps, but the circle and it's platform have obviously escaped planting in the past.
Of the four stones, only the SW stone is fully upright at a height of 1.2m, with the other three leaning at steep angles, but all four stones are of a similar size and shape. At the centre of the circle is a small hollow that is apparently the result of some amateur archaeology, although whether anything was found is unknown. | [ Reply to This ]
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Re: Na Carraigean Edintean (Score: 1)
by BigSweetie on Monday, 21 April 2003
(User Info | Send a Message) | This circle is off the beaten track, so here are directions:
Travel N on the A9 from Perth, turning off at Pitlochry. Continue through the centre of Pitlochry, passing on your right the turn-off to rejoin the A9. The road you are on becomes the B8019. Approximately 2km N of Pitlochry, take a left turn on to the bridge over the River Garry. This road (still the B8019) twists and turns its way alongside the River Tummel, and then Loch Tummel. After approximately 5km, the Queen's View visitor centre is on the left of the road. About 500m further is the Allean Forest car park on the right of the road. Park here.
All the paths and forestry roads that I will mention are marked on the OS map. On a map at the car park, there are two trails shown, one red and one yellow. Neither of these leads to the circle, but you will follow them both part of the way. Start out up the path (marked red and yellow initially), and when the red and yellow trails first seperate, take the yellow trail to the right (a wide forestry road). After approximately 250m, you will see a narrow grassy trail leading up to the left through the trees. Go up this path, which will bring you out onto another main forestry road. Turn right onto this road, which you will follow almost all the way to the circle.
After about 400m, the road doubles back on itself to the left as it starts to climb quite steeply. The next turn, about 200m later, is sharp to the right. The road then curves it's way round the side of Meall na h-Iolaire. You will pass two forestry roads leading off to the right, one about 1.0km from the sharp right turn, the other a further 500m, but in each case, continue on the road you're on. After the second of these junctions, the road follows the edge of a small hill for approximately 500m, when it turns sharply to the left. Instead of turning to the left, you will see straight in front of you a grassy track leading up onto the secondary peak of the hill you have been following the edge of. Climb up this track, and you will be rewarded with the sight of the circle on the crest of the hill, 150m along the track. | [ Reply to This ]
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