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Creagantairbh Beag Monolith

All pictures copyright ©2002 Martin McCarthy

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Canmore Records: standing stone.

creagantairbhbeag1 Looking east. The shaft has fallen away to the right.
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creagantairbhbeag2 Looking southeast, with the fallen shaft behind the stump.
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creagantairbhbeag3 Looking southwest.
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creagantairbhbeag4 A closer view to the southwest.
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creagantairbhbeag5 Looking northwest.
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creagantairbhbeag6 Looking northeast.
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Before being blown down in a gale in 1879 (the same gale that caused the infamous Tay Bridge Disaster) this stone stood over 16 feet tall. The stump that remains is a little under six feet tall.