Ardskenish

Standing Stone / Menhir
NR35469207

Also known as:

Carn Glas

Nearest town:

Lochgilphead (50km E)

OS reference:

NR35469207

OS sheet:

Latitude:

56° 2' 53.54 N

Longitude:

6° 14' 55.61 W

Added to TMA by

drewbhoy

Images (5)
Fieldnotes (1)

Images

Image of Ardskenish (Standing Stone / Menhir) by drewbhoy

Taken from a high point to the south, looking for Garvard.

Image credit: drew/AMJ

drewbhoy Sep 10, 2024

Looking north, over the bogs and wee hills is Dun Gallian and what could only be described as an interesting golf course.

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drewbhoy Sep 10, 2024

Not quite down, one or two stones underneath trying hold the stone upright.

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drewbhoy Sep 10, 2024

Looking over to the Paps Of Jura.

Image credit: drew/AMJ

drewbhoy Sep 10, 2024

A bit of a nightmare to find due to underfoot conditions, this place more than anywhere else resembles the east coast of Harris.

Image credit: drew/AMJ

drewbhoy Sep 10, 2024

Articles

Ardskenish

Standing Stone / Menhir

drewbhoy Feb 20, 2025

I started my evening’s walk by parking at the small car park next to Colonsay’s golf course. The four legged greenkeepers were still hard at work preparing the course for the weekend’s Colonsay Open. They also, like me, had something else to contend with – this part of Colonsay had not missed the previous nights storms.

To start with underfoot conditions were fine, head south west, past the airstrip and onto a track, best described as a very long mud bath. Keep going until the beach is almost reached then head south east along a ridge with small valleys, some of which had turned into small lochans.

The stone appears to be having a rest and is propped up up by some possible chokes and rocks. Originally it must have stood at well over 2m. Canmore suggests that perhaps was a small stone circle at some point, I didn’t see any other stones. What I did see through a gap in the ridge were the Paps Of Jura and a small climb to the top ridge gives views of the Oronsay and the south of Colonsay.

After a look round for the possible stones that made up the circle it was my intention to head further south but the weather had other ideas.

This time I headed north east to return to the track. Somehow avoiding falling into bogs to return to the track, airfield and eventually the car park along.

Difficult to get to and find but worth it if just to see through the gap in the ridge to Jura.

Visited 13/08/2024.