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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ardachearanbeg Standing StoneCountry: Scotland County: Cowal Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Strachur Nearest Village: Ardachearanbeg
Map Ref: NS00218612 Landranger Map Number: 55
Latitude: 56.026199N Longitude: 5.207698W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 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. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Anne T visited on 21st Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Ardachearanbeg Standing Stone, Argyll: Hunted all along the fence line, peering into the river and along the banks for around 100 metres each side of the grid reference and couldn’t find this stone. There was no phone signal, so wasn’t able to call up the Canmore record to double check. Later found out (see below) it has fallen into the river, although we had a pretty good check, looking through the trees and in the river itself, for about 100 metres each way from the grid reference. The river was higher than normal due to all the rain in this part of the world.
Access into the field was from a gate along a small lane just west of the A886 leading to two farms/holiday cottages. There is a small layby at NS 00298 86038 at the junction to these lanes. The field slopes down to the River Ruel. Wellies are advised, as the field was pretty boggy at the time of our visit.
For more information see Canmore site no. 40511, an extract of which reads: "Situated 260m N of Ardachearanbeg near the edge of a field on a level gravel terrace overlooking the River Ruel, this stone measures 1.57m in height and 1m by 0.2m at the base; aligned NE-SW and now leaning distinctly to the SE, it rises with slanting sides to a pointed top."
Update September 2017: A visit on 21st September 2017 determined that the stone has fallen into the river and is no longer visible; we later found out there had been an update on Canmore from November 2012 which reads: "A member of the public has informed RCAHMS that this stone has now fallen into the river. Information from RCAHMS (SIH) 2 November 2012".
Note: Note: this standing stone has fallen into the river.
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