2013

NR8297 : Nether Largie Standing Stones - Stone F

taken 13 years ago, near to Slockavullin, Argyll And Bute, Scotland

Nether Largie Standing Stones  - Stone F
Nether Largie Standing Stones - Stone F
Stone F is the central stone of the Nether Largie alignment. Clustered around it are four smaller stones (the one behind is recumbent and buried). Canmore references for the three visible smaller stones are, from left to right, I, H and G.
This standing stone is unusual in that it is richly decorated with approximately forty cup marks, some of which have associated rings and gutters. A close-up of some of these marks is at Link.
Nether Largie Standing Stones

Thought to have been erected about 3,200 years ago, this group of standing stones lies at the southern end of Kilmartin Glen and in sight of several of the burial cairns of the linear cemetery.
There are five main stones in a group of twelve stones overall. The stones are arranged in an elongated X-shape 75m long with an outlier about 200 metres to the north-west. The main axis is at 23 degrees east of true north. Three of the stones have incised decorations such as cup-and-ring marks, and one hypothesis is that they were sections of earth-fast decorated slabs prised out and re-used as standing stones.
There are some people who hold the view that this alignment of stones was erected to mark key points in the lunar cycle.
Detailed information is available on the RCAHMS website at LinkExternal link. The Canmore ID is 39471.


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NR8297, 193 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Patrick Mackie   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 26 December, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 27 December, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NR 8282 9761 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:7.3005N 5:29.7318W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NR 8282 9760
View Direction
Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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