Achnabreck Upper (Top) – N end. (In the PSAS 103 link: Area A looking SW showing most of the carvings in Fig 5 in which the foreground spiral is e4)
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Achnabreck Upper (Top) – central area. (In the PSAS 103 link: Area B looking SW showing most of the carvings in Fig 6 with the bottom right being c12)
Achnabreck Upper (Top) – SW end. (In the PSAS 103 link: Area C around b25 on Fig 7)
Achnabreck Middle. An area with some large cup-and-ring markings including the largest in Scotland – towards the top of the photo (in more detail on the next image). Another large carving at the bottom of the picture has a 50p coin beside it for scale. (In the PSAS 103 link: Area D looking SW. Includes most of the images in Fig 8 with the foreground one being e3)
Achnabreck Middle. The largest cup-and-ring mark in Scotland with a diameter of 0.97m over seven rings. There is a 50p coin for scale beside it. (On the PSAS 103 link: Area D. e8 on Fig 8)
Achnabreck Low upper W end. (On the PSAS 103 link: Area G looking SE. The overlapping carvings on the right are f4 in Fig 10)
Achnabreck Low. (On the PSAS 103 link: Area F – the three carvings centred on j9 in Fig 11)
Achnabreck Low. (On the PSAS 103 link: Area H looking W. The foreground carving is p18 in Fig 13)
Achnabreck Low. (On PSAS103 link: mainly Area K looking SW towards the four large cupmarks near the fence. The carving in the “triangle” is j18 in Fig 14)
Achnabreck Wood. (On PSAS 103 link: Area M, the foreground carving is d10 in Fig 16)
Achnabreck Wood. (On PSAS 103 link: Area L. Around c5 on Fig 15).
The large cup and ring mark (with a 50p coin just to the right for scale)
The three stones of the alignment with the Paps of Jura in the background. The heights (L to R) are 3.4m, 3.0m. and 2.0m (probably broken).
Corra Bhien (used for the midsummer solstice) is the peak between the central and right hand stones.
View from the N. The left and central stones (the ones used for the midsummer solstice) have their long edges at right angles to the alignment and point towards Jura.
The midwinter solstice alignment looking towards the cist and Cara Island (not visible because of the current forestry plantation so, for solstice viewing, this would have to have been clear of the forest which covered large areas of Britain in the bronze age).
The Cist. An early drawing shows this covered with a cairn which some say would have obscured the sightline to Cara. The drawing is very schematic and not indicative of the height of the cist.
