<< Our Photo Pages >> Salachary - Stone Row / Alignment in Scotland in Argyll
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: SalacharyCountry: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Lochgilphead Nearest Village: Kilmartin
Map Ref: NM8405604024 Landranger Map Number: 55
Latitude: 56.179756N Longitude: 5.480889W
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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SandyG visited on 14th Mar 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Parking is available at NM 84171 04509. From here walk for 100m west along the public highway to a track leading up the hill to the south. Follow this track it leads to the stone row.
markj99 visited on 30th Apr 2010 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Salachary Stone Row is c. 3 miles N of Kilmartin in open moorland. The three stone row consists of a standing stone, a leaning stone and an embedded recumbent stone on a N-S Axis measuring c. 15 feet.
Travel c. 5 miles N to a lay-by at an abandoned quarry on the L at NM 8420 0450. Walk W along the road for c. 150 yards to a grass track on the L. Follow this track S for c. 0.5 mile. It ends at NM 83981 04031. Salachary Stone Row is c. 80 yards E of this point.
The remote location of this stone row amplifies the ambience of the site making it an enjoyable experience.
tom_bullock have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 3
Canmore site no. 22831.
Update November 2019: This alignment, which measures 4m long, is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Salachary, which includes a description, a plan of the row from a survey carried out in March 2017, photographs of the alignment and the stones from different viewpoints, access information and a list of online resources for more information.
The row is also recorded on the West of Scotland Archaeology Service as WoSAS Pin 1021 (Salachary Standing Stones), which gives descriptions of the individual stones and a list of further reading and sources.
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