Monument record MHG315 - Standing Stone, Acharra

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Grid reference Centred NM 9865 5454 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NM95SE
Old County ARGYLL
Geographical Area LOCHABER

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Standing Stone (NR) OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)

One of the most impressive standing stones in Lorn is situated in a level field 180 metres NW of Achara. It measures 3.7 metres in height and 1.1 by 0.6 metres at the base, and tapers to a pointed top about 0.4 metres in thickness. The long axis lies NE and SW.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1967

As described. Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.
Visited by OS (D W R) 19 November 1976.

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  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Achara Standing Stone.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Image/Photograph(s): Acharra. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1975. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the ancient monuments: volume 2: Lorn. . 62, No. 110; pl. 9c.

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Jan 28 2008 12:00AM

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