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Carragh Bhan
Date Added: 13th Jun 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Carragh Bhan submitted by nicoladidsbury on 7th Sep 2004. Kintra Standing Stone on the Isle of Islay
Grid Ref: NR328478
The photo was taken at dawn as the sun was rising over the Eastern Fells.
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Log Text: Carragh Bhan Standing Stone is a substantial slab orientated NNE-SSW, located c. 10 yards W of the single track road from Port Ellen to Kintra Camp Site. There is a gateway to park in opposite the stone. It is well worth a short detour.
Clachan Cean Ile
Date Added: 27th Jun 2025
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Access 3
Clachan Cean Ile submitted by markj99 on 1st Sep 2019. Princess Yula's second stone by the roadside.
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Log Text: Clachan Cean Ile Standing Stone is hidden a fairy dell c. 20 yards W of a minor dead-end road beside Loch a' Chnuic. The location of the stone gives it a mysterious air. Details of how to find the stone are on the main page.
Coille A'chnoic Mhoir
Date Added: 7th Jul 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Aug 2019
Coille A'chnoic Mhoir submitted by markj99 on 3rd Sep 2019. Looking back to Kintra campsite from Coille A'chnoic Mhoir.
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Log Text: There are two strikes against Coille A'chnoic Mhoir Standing Stone: its name is hard to spell and difficult to pronounce. On the plus side it has fantastic views and is accessible from the path to Frachdale Chambered Cairn.
Cragabus
Date Added: 14th Jul 2025
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cragabus submitted by Creative Commons on 13th Jun 2011. Chambered Cairn near Cragabus
Copyright Lesley Smith and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: It is possible to park carefully just round the corner of Lower Cragabus Farm. It is just 10 yards up to Cragabus Cairn on a knoll on the left of the road.
Torradale Standing Stone
Date Added: 15th Sep 2025
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2019. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Torradale Standing Stone submitted by markj99 on 28th Feb 2022. Druim nam Madagan Cairn viewed from N.
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Log Text: A standing stone with a good coastal view turns out to be a more complicated site: a chambered cairn was robbed to construct an overlaid stone building, leaving an exposed orthostat on a low grass mound.
Achmore
Date Added: 3rd Apr 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Achmore submitted by Tom_Bullock on 8th Dec 2004. Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM
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Log Text: Achmore Stone Circle resembles more a work in progress than a complete stone circle. It takes a leap of imagination to construct a megalithic site from multiple fallen stones.
Loch an Duna
Date Added: 29th May 2021
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Loch an Duna submitted by Creative Commons on 16th Apr 2010. Site in Isle of Lewis Scotland
Broch in Loch an Duna
The remains of a broch and, to its right (west) a small man-made cairn.
Copyright John Allan and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: The ruined broch lies on a small island on the edge of Loch an Duna near Bragar. There is a causeway to the island c. 50 yards S of the A858. Some internal structure and outer walls are still discernible.
Callanish 15
Date Added: 14th Apr 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Callanish 15 submitted by markj99 on 8th Apr 2019. Callanish 15, a recumbent standing stone.
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Log Text: I didn't find any rolling stones (I didn't write the description of this site: I inherited it) but I did find a candidate for a recumbent standing stone on the hillside at NB 17754 34588.
Callanish 8A
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Callanish 8A submitted by SHUGS on 28th Sep 2015. Looking South
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Log Text: Callanish VIIIa Standing Stone is accessible via a path up a steep bank on the S End of Bernera Bridge. At least it hasn't been resited in a concrete plinth.
Callanish 8
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Callanish 8 submitted by Tom_Bullock on 8th Dec 2004. Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM
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Log Text: Callanish 8 "stone semi-circle" is one of the most unusual megalithic site I have visited. It is a must visit if you are in the area.
Callanish I
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Callanish I submitted by Megalithicmatt on 17th Sep 2015. One quarter of the circle.
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Log Text: The drawback with visiting Callanish in the summer is sharing the stones with lots of people. Seeing the stones in sunlight is a compensation.
Callanish 2
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Callanish 3 submitted by jayney on 16th Jul 2003. Solstice 2001
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Log Text: There is a charming simplicity to Callanish II in comparison to its complicated neighbour.
Callanish 3
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Callanish 3 submitted by Andy B on 13th Nov 2022. Bruce Adams, one of our members since 2012, sadly died last month - he had motor neurone disease. Bruce wrote: "Over the years I have assembled albums recording my visits to stone circles and related sites. I would very much like to pass these on to someone who will appreciate them. I am not asking for payment and only have a desire to see them go to a good home. I would rather not see them broken up and dispersed."
I am currently looking after Bruce's albums and will be sharing some of the...
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Log Text: The variety of sites in the Callanish landscape is a delight. Callanish 3 is a complex stone circle, open to interpretation.
Callanish 4
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Callanish 4 submitted by LivingRocks on 30th Jul 2005. Solstice eve, June 2005.
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Log Text: For some unknown reason I prefer the simplicity of a small stone circle round a cairn to the complex arrangement of stones at Callanish I. Additionally, there is a greater satisfaction in a solitary visit to Callanish IV.
Callanish 5
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Callanish 5 submitted by Tom_Bullock on 8th Dec 2004. Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM
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Log Text: After a yomp over boggy moorland, it was somewhat underwhelming to find three short stones in a line. Maybe I have been spoilt by Cornish stone rows, up to half a mile long, but I struggled to appreciate the significance of Callenish V.
Callanish 6
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Callanish 6 submitted by Tom_Bullock on 8th Dec 2004. Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM
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Log Text: I wasn't convinced about the stone circle interpretation: stone circles are usually erected on flat ground. If it was a cairn where did all the stones go? The two standing stones are ill-matched. Callanish VI is a difficult site to interpret.
Callanish 7
Date Added: 25th Jan 2023
Site Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Callanish 7 submitted by Tom_Bullock on 8th Dec 2004. Photo used by kind permission of Tom Bullock. More details of this location are to be found on his Stone Circles and Rows CD-ROM
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Log Text: On passing through this site I found a charming reconstructed shieling hut (but no stone circle).
Clach An Truishal
Date Added: 23rd Jun 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Clach An Truishal submitted by BERNARDEDWARDS on 12th Sep 2019. September morning before Bahama Storm Dorian remnant rolls in...
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Log Text: The sheer scale of this standing stone makes it a must visit when on the Isle of Lewis, second only to the Callanish Stones.
Garrabost
Date Added: 6th Jul 2025
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Garrabost submitted by SHUGS on 28th Sep 2015. Looking towards Garrabost
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Log Text: It is easy to park in the Church Car Park on the W end of Garrabost. Walk S up the narrow road to a dead end. A path from here heads SE into moorland leading to an impressive triangular standing stone on a mound. The path continues through rough moorland to Cnoc Nan Dursainean Chambered Cairn. I have posted directions on the main page.
Clach Stei Lin
Date Added: 26th Jun 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2011. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Clach Stei Lin submitted by SHUGS on 16th Apr 2018. Just a blown up version of the above photo
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Log Text: When I visited Clach Stei Lin Stone Circle I was not aware of Canmore's classification of the site. I assumed it was a single standing stone and viewed it accordingly. If you visit be sure to make a careful search of stones to the S of the standing stone.