<< Our Photo Pages >> Clach na h' Iobairte - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Perth and Kinross
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Clach na h' Iobairte Alternative Name: Clach na h-Iobairte, The Chieftain; Stone of OfferingCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 15.401 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Perth and Kinross Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Pitlochry Nearest Village: Kinloch Rannoch
Map Ref: NN6170158973 Landranger Map Number: 42
Latitude: 56.701925N Longitude: 4.260359W
Condition:
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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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This stone is located by Loch Rannoch and is recorded as Canmore ID 24576, which says: "this is a standing stone on top of a burial cairn ..... Clach na h-Iobairte ('the stone of the offering') is situated in the S quadrant of a stony mound on a low natural knoll overlooking Loch Rannoch. The mound is rather amorphous but appears to measure about 10.0m in diameter; it has stone clearance upon it, together with a large boulder embedded in the N side, and two stone blocks with drill holes lie on the E. The standing stone, with its broad face roughly NE-SW and leaning to the SE, is unweathered. It measures 1.9m in height, 0.6m in width at the top, 0.3m at the base, and 0.2m thick. On its SE face there is what appears to be an incised inverted 'T'."
The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) also features a page for this stone, listing it's many different names: Chieftain’s Grave; Clach na h-Iobairte; Clach na h-Jobairte; Craiganour Stone; Craig-na-Odhar and Stone of Sacrifice. Their page for Clach na h’ Iobairte, Kinloch Rannoch, Perthshire gives directions on how to find the site, a brief archaeology and history and also contains photographs, an image of the 1867 OS-map and local folklore.
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