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Sannaig
Date Added: 4th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Jura)
Visited: Yes on 20th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 2
Sannaig NR41 submitted by Tom_Bullock on 9th Jun 2004. A pick of images from the CD-ROM
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Log Text: Car parking is available at NR 50672 64747. From here follow the forest track to NR 51986 64770. Enter the forest and walk uphill until you reach the small clearing containing the stones. Access from the north is likely to be hampered or prevented by the deer fence. Whilst no ticks were encountered during the visit it would be wise to take particular care when visiting this row.
Druim Mor (Lagavulin)
Date Added: 17th Feb 2020
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 19th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Druim Mor (Lagavulin) submitted by markj99 on 2nd Sep 2019. Druim Mor cairn, as close as I could safely get.
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Log Text: None
Ballinaby
Date Added: 4th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 19th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Ballinaby submitted by Andy B on 13th Jun 2011. Standing Stone Near Ballinaby
This tall stone is clearly visible from the road to the north of Loch Gorm, but is hidden from view on the path leading in from Saligo Bay. It's worth the walk. There's a second smaller stone in the next square, just visible in the left-hand side of this shot below a rocky outcrop.
Copyright Mary and Angus Hogg and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at NR 21145 66400. From here go through the gate and follow the track to NR 21112 66727. Take the path leading to the right. Despite the substantial height of the southern stone it is not visible until you get fairly close to the row.
Achnancarranan
Date Added: 5th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 19th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Achnancarranan submitted by SandyG on 5th Jan 2018. View from the north (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: A visit to this row can be combined with a trip around the Lagavulin Distillery. Parking is available at NR 40348 45757. From here follow the track north and then west to NR 39370 46232. Turn left and follow the track to stone row. Other standing stones can be visited enroute.
Finlaggan
Date Added: 4th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Islay)
Visited: Yes on 18th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 5
Finlaggan submitted by Andy B on 13th Jun 2011. Finlaggan Standing Stone
A solitary Standing Stone , naturally predating the Lordship of the Isles. As ever various theories surround the placing and use of the stone. However in 1994 Geophysic surveys by the "Time Team" suggest that there may have originally been a line of stones marking the way to Jura.
Copyright Andrew Wood and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: The stone stands beside the public highway. Car parking is available nearby at the Finlaggan Trust visitor centre (NR 39183 68498) or at the roadside at NR 39544 68464.
Brevig
Date Added: 5th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Barra and Vatersay)
Visited: Yes on 15th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Brevig submitted by Tom_Bullock on 17th Jun 2004. Brevig, Barra
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Log Text: There is no safe car parking available nearby. Parking is available at NL 67876 98704 but this involves a long walk along the road to NL 68966 98814. From here it is a short walk up the hill.
Skeal Traval
Date Added: 8th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 13th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 1
Skeal Traval submitted by SandyG on 1st Jan 2018. Plan of Sgealtrabhal stone row showing the numbered stones (Source: GPS survey by Sandy Gerrard).
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Log Text: This is not an easy stone row to get to. As well as a decent map, stout footwear is a must. Progress is likely to be slow and it is a good idea to allocate a whole day and enjoy the amazing if somewhat arduous landscape that you will inevitably encounter. Parking is available at NF 84842 73473. From here walk uphill to the fence at around NF 85127 73333. Follow the fence until around NF 85794 72488 and then head towards the long cairn at NF 85684 72046. This cairn is well worth visiting and may offer an opportunity for a break before continuing towards Sgealtrabhal. Taking care to avoid the lochans you will arrive at a deep ditch which needs to be carefully crossed. From here head towards the summit. This row should only be visited when the visibility is good.
Airigh Na Gaoithe Long Cairn
Date Added: 9th Jan 2019
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 12th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 1
Airigh Na Gaoithe Long Cairn submitted by SandyG on 2nd Jan 2018. View from the south west.
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Barpa nam Feannag
Date Added: 9th Jan 2019
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 12th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 2
Barpa nam Feannag submitted by SandyG on 2nd Jan 2018. Possible displaced lintel and chamber at the eastern end of the long cairn. View from the east.
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Log Text: Parking is available at NF 84842 73473. From here walk uphill to the fence at around NF 85127 73333. Follow the fence until around NF 85794 72488 and then head towards the long cairn at NF 85684 72046. This cairn is well worth visiting.
Airigh Na Gaoithe Stone Row
Date Added: 9th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 12th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 1
Airigh Na Gaoithe Stone Row submitted by SandyG on 2nd Jan 2018. Plan of Airigh na Gaoithe stone row (Source: GPS survey by Sandy Gerrard)
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Log Text: This is not an easy stone row to get to. Whichever way you approach it from involves walking through boggy terrain and dodging around lochans. Access from the south is relatively straightforward with the advantage that the row is visible from the start. Car parking is available at NF 83520 65827 and while you are here a visit to the nearby Barpa Langass chambered cairn is a must. From the car park carefully cross the road and walk along the verge to NF 82832 65399. From here head north avoiding the lochans. A couple of streams will need to be jumped. I would recommend wellingtons for this one. I can not overstate just how wet the ground conditions are. Assume that progress will be slow and do not set out late in the day. A decent map is essential.
Na Fir Bhreige
Date Added: 8th Jan 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 10th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 2
Na Fir Bhreige submitted by Tom_Bullock on 13th Feb 2005. 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: Parking is available at NF 88745 72726. From here follow the track south to NF 88634 72351 and then follow the line of upright foot path marker posts up the hill until you reach the row.
S46 Scarista
Date Added: 8th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Harris)
Visited: Yes on 9th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 4
S46 Scarista submitted by SandyG on 10th Oct 2017. Looking north along the row (Scale 1m). 9th August 2017.
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Log Text: Car parking is available at NG 01901 93809. From here walk along the road verge to NG 02062 93814 and enter the field. The stone row is to your right and the stone circle is straight ahead.
Traigh Na Berie
Date Added: 6th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 8th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Traigh Na Berie submitted by SandyG on 6th Jan 2018. Plan of the stones and linear earthworks at Traigh Na Berie (Source: Survey at 1:200 by Sandy Gerrard).
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Log Text: Parking is available at NB 09964 36016 and access to the field at NB 10019 35867.
The stones appear to denote the edges of narrow, parallel banks which are on the same alignment as the lazy beds in this area. Whilst the reason why the banks in this area were denoted with edge set stones is not clear, it is possible to be confident that this is not a prehistoric stone alignment. The adjacent cairn may be the result of field clearance.
Clach An Tursa
Date Added: 8th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Clach An Tursa submitted by Andy B on 10th Dec 2004. A telephoto view from the road
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Log Text: Access to the stone row from the public highway is available at NB 20211 42764. From here walk up to the house and seek permission. The stone row is situated in a small narrow field behind the house.
Cnoc Fillibhir Mhor
Date Added: 8th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Lewis)
Visited: Yes on 7th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cnoc Fillibhir Mhor submitted by SandyG on 1st Jan 2018. Looking south along the row (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: Car parking is available at NB 22492 32928. From here follow the path to Callanish 3 stone circle which is well worth visiting before heading south towards the high ground. Cross the boggy ground towards the gate that provides access to the field in which the row is situated. Visitors need to be aware that special care should be taken to protect against ticks. At the time of the visit large numbers of ticks were encountered at the stone row.
Eyre Alignment
Date Added: 9th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 5th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Eyre Alignment submitted by Creative Commons on 13th Apr 2010. Sornaichean Coir' Fhinn
A closer view of the stones
It is said that these stones were erected here by Fingal and his fellow hunters to suspend a pot in which whole deer were cooked over a fire to make venison stew.
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Log Text: The stones can be seen from the public highway, however if you wish to get up close, it is safest to park at NG 42052 51884 and follow the road on foot to the gateway at NG 41476 52636. From here cross the field to the stones.
Eyre Stone Rows
Date Added: 6th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Raasay)
Visited: Yes on 4th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 1
Eyre Stone Rows submitted by SandyG on 6th Jan 2018. Length of field boundary previously identified as a double stone row. View from south east (Scale 1m).
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Log Text: The feature described in Canmore forms part of a field boundary that extends further west to NG 57452 34870. The length that was previously described is hidden by bracken making photography difficult in the summer months. The features described are however all discernible. The pairs of stones described are almost touching and represent two sides of an incomplete wall. Walls of this type are present in the vicinity and it was probably intended that the wall would have butted a nearby field boundary at around NG 57541 34821. This is definitely a field boundary and not a stone row.
Broomrigg A
Date Added: 7th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 2 Access 4
Broomrigg A submitted by rich32 on 22nd Jul 2004. Broomrigg A, Cumbria (NY548467)
The Broomrigg sites are set in a pine plantation and are near to a track This image shows part of Broomrigg ‘A’, it was quite difficult to get more in the shot due to the trees. I also found Broomrigg ‘B’, but gave up on ‘C’ & ‘D’ due to eating too many flies (protein or no protein not nice) and a dodgy GPS signal.
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Log Text: The stone row is in a working forest and access is therefore sensibly restricted on occasions. Parking is available at NY 54190 46783. From here walk along the forest tracks to the row.
Devil's Arrows
Date Added: 13th Jan 2019
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Devil's Arrows submitted by Sunny100 on 30th Apr 2011. Old b/w image of 'The Devil's Arrows stone row, north Yorkshire, showing the almost true alignement.
These Bronze-Age menhirs vary in height from between 16 to 22 feet and are heavily grooved with centuries of erosion.
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Log Text: There is limited safe parking in the vicinity of the monument.
Leskernick Hill Row
Date Added: 16th Jan 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: England (Cornwall)
Visited: Yes on 27th Jun 2017. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Leskernick Hill Row submitted by thecaptain on 9th Oct 2008. The three fairly large flat slabs at the western end.
View here looking east along the stone row, one of which can clearly be seen.
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Log Text: I had the great fortune of being shown around the row by Roy Goutté and some members of the TimeSeekers Clearance Group, who were responsible for revealing many of the stones. I would like to thank them for their hospitality and sharing their considerable knowledge of the site. It was a pleasure to meet such interesting people.
This row has recently been partially cleared and recorded by the TimeSeekers Clearance Group led by Roy Goutté who found previously unrecorded stones and a possible cist. This work also revealed a visual treat which is certainly worth mentioning. Along the entire length of the row until the western end is reached at a point they call The Terminal, Brown Gelly complete with cairn on top is completely invisible. However, at the Terminal the cairn at the top of Brown Gelly is suddenly revealed though the hill itself remains hidden from view (Goutté, 2016, 3) Another example of a very precise visual relationship between a row and its landscape. The cumulative evidence for these visual links illustrates that the stone rows were carefully placed within the landscape to acknowledge and celebrate them. Goutté notes a second visual link available from The Terminal. At this point he notes that Brown Willy is perfectly framed in the saddle of rising ground” (Goutté, 2016, 2). This is reminiscent of the view available from the lower end of the Yar Tor stone alignment on Dartmoor.
In common with all the longer rows this alignment is far from straight and Goutté has identified a point close to the tinners’ gully where the orientation of the row shifts. This point may have been of particular significance to the row builders or may indicate an extension to the original row.
Limited parking is available at SX 20389 80372. From here follow the path westward to the row.