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Carnassarie Standing Stones

Carnasserie; Cairn on the Green Sheiling Kilmartin, Argyll

Large image (1088x770 - 101k) Looking east.
Large image (1352x869 - 105k) Looking northwest
Large image (1368x943 - 145k) Looking southeast
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Large image (952x586 - 66k) Looking northwest.
Large image (896x614 - 77k) Looking southeast.
Large image (960x685 - 94k) Looking northeast.
Large image (857x589 - 69k) Another view to the northeast.
Large image (752x518 - 103k) Looking east from a nearby hill. The stones are in the bottom left of the picture and Carnassarie Castle stands at the top right.
Large image (525x677 - 68k) Looking north along the line of the stones towards Cruach Cruinn.
Large image (747x520 - 78k) Looking northeast.
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Large image (461x646 - 69k) Looking south.
Large image (742x412 - 84k) Looking west.
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Large image (522x788 - 81k) The southerly stone, looking east.
Large image (454x670 - 65k) The northerly stone, looking east.
Large image (723x387 - 30k) Another view to the east. The yardstick stands about 5 feet 9 inches tall.

This pair of stones stand a mile or so to the north of Kilmartin and about 150 yards to the north of Carnassarie cairn.

The stones stand about eight feet apart and are aligned almost exactly north-south on a high shoulder of land. The northerly stone is about seven and a half feet tall and five feet wide. The southerly stone is about eight and a half feet tall and four feet wide. They are both about a foot and a half deep.

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