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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Achnabreac Alternative Name: Stane Alane (Achnabreck); Lochgilphead CemeteryCountry: Scotland
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County: Argyll Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Lochgilphead
Map Ref: NR85638992 Landranger Map Number: 55
Latitude: 56.053979N Longitude: 5.444248W
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 |
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Anne T visited on 19th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Stane Alane (Achnabreac), Lochgilphead Cemetery: The time was fast approaching when we needed to head back to Armadale, but there were still two more standing stones we wanted to see. Looking at the map, the quickest way appeared to be to drive to the cemetery, walk through the cemetery and walk a hundred metres or so along the track that ran from its northern wall. This was a large cemetery with a tall back wall. Eventually finding the gate to the north western side of the cemetery, we let ourselves onto a long, almost straight lane. This stone obviously hadn’t been visited in a while, as it was almost half covered in ferns to the front and back.
In taking a closer look at the back of the stone, we discovered it was on a slight mound. Canmore confirms it is incorporated into a turf and stone dyke.
The remaining stone stands almost 2.5m high and is about 1m wide and 30cm thick.
For more information see Canmore ID 39383, the most recent entry from 1981 reading: "Incorporated in a turf-and-stone dyke 30m N of the wall of Lochgilphead Cemetery, there is a standing stone, which measures 2.45m in height and 1m by 0.28m at ground level, with its longer axis aligned nearly N and S."
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