unidentified — standing stones

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thelonious T
thelonious Jun 24, 2021 07:54:27

Am Baile – Highland History and Culture website has collections of old unidentified photos from the highlands. They ask for help in placing them. Good fun looking through them to see if I recognise any of the places.

These 6 stones photos have got me beat.

https://www.ambaile.org.uk/groupitem/422/

Photo 1 and 2 look like the same stone. Photo 4 - I feel I know it but just can't remember were. Photo 5 - a clava cairn? Maybe Aviemore before the houses were built or Cairn Irenan?

Some TMA folk must know a few of these?

D drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jun 24, 2021 11:58:11
Replying to thelonious

1 and 2 same stone, the choke and pavement, and it looks very familiar argggh, Photo 5 looks like/could be Culduthel before it was really trashed, Photo 4 might be Tarradale before all of the trees (pity there isn't a photo facing east) The standing stone in 3, looks like its facing the Black Isle, or the Cromarty Firth looking north. Photo 6 looks like a west coast chamber cairn, that will do my head in :-)

D drewbhoy
drewbhoy Jun 24, 2021 12:10:12
Replying to thelonious

Pic 3, just found this about a standing stone looking over the Black Isle near Cullernie Clava

https://canmore.org.uk/site/14196/cullernie

T thelonious
thelonious Jun 24, 2021 16:36:03
Replying to thelonious

I think I might know photos 1 & 2, 4 and 5 now (wont say just in case folk want to guess, I'm probably wrong though). Just 3 and 6 now causing head scratching!

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jun 25, 2021 16:41:59
Replying to thelonious

4 (with the tree) is Balnaguie.

5 looks like it might be Carn Irenan.

Both are Black Isle sites.