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<< Our Photo Pages >> Sannaig - Stone Row / Alignment in Scotland in Isle of Jura

Submitted by Tom_Bullock on Wednesday, 09 June 2004  Page Views: 8846

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Sannaig
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Jura Type: Stone Row / Alignment
 Nearest Village: Craighouse / Cabrach
Map Ref: NR51846480  Landranger Map Number: 61
Latitude: 55.812507N  Longitude: 5.962443W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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SandyG visited on 20th Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 2 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.

Sannaig NR41
Sannaig NR41 submitted by Tom_Bullock : A pick of images from the CD-ROM (Vote or comment on this photo)
A Row of Three Stones (Alignment) in Jura. The OS Map shows 'Standing Stone' at these coordinates. You'll need a GPS and lots of determination to locate this remote site in the middle of a forestry plantation.

Aside from a 6-foot standing stone, there is a prostrate stone 9-feet long, a 7-foot prostrate stone 15-feet to the S, and a prostrate rectangular slab 4-feet long next to the latter. The flat face of the standing stone is aligned N-S, but the alignment between the standing stone and the nearby 9-foot prostrate stone is NNE-SSW (azimuth = 200 degrees). It is difficult to determine where the additional two prostrate stones fit into the original arrangement.

Canmore site no. 38247.

Update November 2019: This alignment is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Sannaig, which includes a description, a plan of the row from a survey carried out in August 2017, a drawing of the stones from 1932 by Rideout, photographs of the alignment and its individual stones, access information and a list of online resources for more information.

The SRoGB asks visitors to note: "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".

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Sannaig
Sannaig submitted by SandyG : View from south with possible cist capstone in the foreground (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sannaig
Sannaig submitted by SandyG : Plan of the Sannaig stone row (Source: survey at 1:100 by Sandy Gerrard). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sannaig
Sannaig submitted by SandyG : View from north east (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sannaig
Sannaig submitted by SandyG : View from north (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sannaig
Sannaig submitted by SandyG : View from above and north east (Scale 1m). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Sannaig
Sannaig submitted by SandyG : View from above and south (Scale 1m).

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Re: Sannaig by Tom_Bullock on Wednesday, 09 June 2004
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This is an example of an obscure site, accessible only to the determined. Not only is there a cost involved (ferry from Kennacraig to Islay, another from Port Askaig to Isle of Jura), but the site is very difficult to physically get to. Once there, the challenge is to piece together the component parts (stones) in order to make some reasonable determination of what the original arrangement might have been.
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