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From E

From SW

From W

At SW of rock.

Looking W (roughly).

View over the site.

The upright stone is 2.75m high.

The standing stone.

This fell in 1978 and was re-erected in concrete “no longer aligned on its original axis” [Canmore]

Cairn A – the recumbent monolith in front of the position of the false portal.

Two Cairn A kerbstones can be seen here. One in the foreground and the other above it.

The standing stone and Cairn B kerbstones.

The standing stone and Cairn A viewed through two kerbstones of Cairn B.

The rear of the NE axial chamber.

The capstone now rests on the chamber backstone.

Inside the NE chamber.

The NE chamber from its entrance.

A portal or facade stone can be seen in the foreground.

The capstone covers the rear compartment of the chamber.

The central (foreground) and NE chambers.

Detail of central chamber.

The SW chamber (foreground).

The landscaped remains of the cairn.

The backstones. These face S.

The central stone is 1.5m high.

The stones to the S.

The backstones viewed over the stones to the S.

A fallen stone.

This shows all three sites in the area.

River Almond in the foreground and, on the road, the Clachna Tiompan stone circle (right) and cairn (left with modern marker cairn visible).

General view from N.

The cairn is c. 60m long with a modern marker cairn at its SE end.

The SE chamber from the NE (rear).

The facade stones of the SE chamber.

The central of the three chambers which remain visible looking NW.

1.7m high backstone. Orientation ESE.

And this is after clearing away some vegetation.

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From the S.

Looking W down towards the tail of the 100m + cairn

Spot the remains of the chamber.

Quite nice location though.

The line of the chamber can be seen on the right.

Inside the chamber.

One of the two remaining stone circle stones. 1.7m high.

Six stones existed at the end of the 18th C.