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Upper Fernoch Megalith

Tayvallich Lochgilphead, Argyll

Large image (461x1048 - 57k) Infra red picture of the east face of the stone.
Large image (1064x465 - 67k) Infra red view to the northeast.
Large image (468x1048 - 67k) Another IR view to the northeast.
Large image (1048x465 - 46k) An IR view of the west face.
Large image (783x558 - 76k) Looking north west over the Sound of Jura with the Isle of Jura in the background. The remains of a dun stands on the low hill to the right of the megalith.
Large image (536x878 - 72k) Looking south west across the water of Linne Mhuirich.
Large image (502x896 - 100k) Looking north.
Large image (562x940 - 113k) The west face of the megalith. CANMORE describes the depressions on the surface as natural, although the spot approximately half way up and to the right of centre looks like a typical cup-mark from close up.
Large image (564x878 - 111k) Looking south west again across Linne Mhuirich. The compass at the base of the stone indicates north to the bottom right of the picture.
Large image (845x566 - 79k) The yardstick is 5 feet 9 inches, the megalith would be a little over 7 feet tall if it didn't lean.

Upper Fernoch is at the west side of the Knapdale Peninsula near Tayvallich, between Loch Sween and the Sound of Jura.

There are a good number of standing stones, cairns and fortifications in the local area. A quarter of a mile away, but out of sight, is another megalith at Barnashaig. And a quarter of a mile further on, within view of both stones and with splendid views of the Isle of Jura, are the ruinous remains of a hill-top dun.

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Find Upper Fernoch Megalith (or the nearest known site) at the Megalithic Portal