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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Auchencar Alternative Name: Druid
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Arran Type: Standing Stones

Map Ref: NR89053633 Landranger Map Number: 68
Latitude: 55.574828N Longitude: 5.347863W
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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1	Completely destroyed

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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
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5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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drolaf visited on 10th May 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 stands in a field of sheep, with double fencing. looked like no access at lambing time. can get photo with a zoom lens. located on low land and orientated along the coast about SSE. a fallen stone nearby.

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**Auchencar** submitted by Energyman : And with a bit of work done on it in RAW format (Vote or comment on this photo)

A standing stone on the Isle of Arran. Red sandstone 5m high and very thin. It is covered in lichen and has views over Machrie Bay. See Energyman's photo lower down the page which highlights where the star Arcturus would have skimmed along the top of Beinn Bharrain (virtually due north) in 2000BC.

This stone is similar to the red sandstone circles found at Machrie Moor. (see our nearby sites list)

Aubrey Burl identifies a possible source for these stones at Auchencar, which is 5 km to the north of machrie moor. If this is the site of the quarry for the machrie moor stones, was this particular stone some sort of marker.

A second broken and recumbent stone lies nearby to the south, 27ft long and 5ft 6ins at the base. The two may have formed part of a setting, possibly circular.

Canmore site no. 39210.

See Rethinking the great stone circles of Northwest Britain by Colin Richards to see a pricture of the Auchencar Quarry (Fig 12).

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