West Scotland - Argyll and Strathclyde
Strontoiller stone circle, standing stone and kerb cairn.
This site is near Oban, and has a bronze-age standing stone and kerb cairn (below) and a neolithic stone circle (right). The southernmost stone of the circle has a crescent carving on it. This seems to be a significant feature for this area as Temple Wood (Kilmartin) also has a carved southern stone.
Duntreath stone row.
Most Scottish Megalith types are in agreement that this stone row is
the remains of a Clyde-Carlingford type cairn facade. The rest of the
cairn has long since been lost.
However, there is no obvious narrow entryway through the facade, and the
prcise original position of the stones may never be determined.
Of interest perhaps, is the amazing similarity of outline of the stones to the surrounding landscape.
Middleton Stone Row (Mugdock).
The site of this destroyed row still has some interesting features. These include large stones incorporated into a dry stone wall, a source of naturally occuring large stones (not shown) and an alignment (due N - due S) of prominent boulders on the side of the valley. Whether this alignment of stones is a natural coincidence or the remains of a deliberate feature is a matter which should be investigated by someone more qualified and experienced than me.
The possible stone row at the Middleton site, looking South. Detail pictures of the two cirlced stones (right) are shown below. The northernmost stone is below left, and the southernmost is below centre.Below right are some very large stones in a dry-stone wall. Could they be part of the old row?
My credit card scales photos 2 and 3.
