Drumtroddan Standing Stones

All pictures copyright © 2000 Martin McCarthy

CANMORE Record

Looking southwest (in the direction of the midwinter sunset. Large Image (40kb 664x563) Looking north. Large Image (66kb 752x549) Looking south. Large Image (49kb 632x508) A view of the southern stone. Large Image (48kb 544x549) Looking northeast Large Image (47kb 632x456) A view of the northern stone. Large Image (47kb 664x538) Another view to the south with the toppled middle stone in the foreground. Large Image (75kb 736x530) Another view to the north. Large Image (32kb 640x373)

These three large stones (two standing at around ten feet tall, one fallen would be about nine feet tall) are aligned approximately northeast-southwest in an area thick with standing stones and cup-and-ring marks. These three stones, along with several cup-and-ring marked outcrops nearby, are in state care. The line of the stones points northeast to a point on the horizon near the midsummer sunrise. Looking in the opposite direction, to the southwest, the line points near to where the midwinter sun sets. The southwestern-most stone is of such a shape that from some angles it looks very precarious and might easily break in two. That is somewhat deceptive and the stone looks really quite substantial.