thelonious
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Edited Jun 24, 2021, 11:34
unidentified - standing stones
Jun 24, 2021, 07:54
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Am Baile – Highland History and Culture website has collections of old unidentified photos from the highlands. They ask for help in placing them. Good fun looking through them to see if I recognise any of the places.
These 6 stones photos have got me beat.
https://www.ambaile.org.uk/groupitem/422/
Photo 1 and 2 look like the same stone. Photo 4 - I feel I know it but just can't remember were. Photo 5 - a clava cairn? Maybe Aviemore before the houses were built or Cairn Irenan?
Some TMA folk must know a few of these?
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drewbhoy
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Edited Jun 24, 2021, 12:03
Re: unidentified - standing stones
Jun 24, 2021, 11:58
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1 and 2 same stone, the choke and pavement, and it looks very familiar argggh, Photo 5 looks like/could be Culduthel before it was really trashed, Photo 4 might be Tarradale before all of the trees (pity there isn't a photo facing east) The standing stone in 3, looks like its facing the Black Isle, or the Cromarty Firth looking north. Photo 6 looks like a west coast chamber cairn, that will do my head in :-)
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drewbhoy
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Edited Jun 24, 2021, 12:23
Re: unidentified - standing stones
Jun 24, 2021, 12:10
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Pic 3, just found this about a standing stone looking over the Black Isle near Cullernie Clava
https://canmore.org.uk/site/14196/cullernie
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thelonious
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Edited Jun 24, 2021, 13:03
Re: unidentified - standing stones
Jun 24, 2021, 12:31
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Interesting Drew. Like you, I think photo 3 looks Black Isle, Cromarty Firth area.
Photos 1 & 2 - looks middle of nowhere but road has a pavement!
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thelonious
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Re: unidentified - standing stones
Jun 24, 2021, 16:36
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I think I might know photos 1 & 2, 4 and 5 now (wont say just in case folk want to guess, I'm probably wrong though). Just 3 and 6 now causing head scratching!
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thesweetcheat
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Re: unidentified - standing stones
Jun 25, 2021, 16:41
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4 (with the tree) is Balnaguie.
5 looks like it might be Carn Irenan.
Both are Black Isle sites.
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thelonious
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Edited Jun 25, 2021, 17:18
Re: unidentified - standing stones
Jun 25, 2021, 17:16
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photo 4 - yep Balnaguie. Seeing the tree, I remembered your comment tsc once about a chambered cairn in the Black Isle having a tree in it and got it from there :-) https://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/171764/benbhraggie_wood.html
photo 5 - agree with Cairn Irenan. Never been but it does like good. Love this old aerial photo (click on photo to make big) https://www.ambaile.org.uk/search/?searchQuery=HC_ARCH3_1983-84_84021020
Just stuck on photo 3 now
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thesweetcheat
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Re: unidentified - standing stones
Jun 25, 2021, 17:46
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That top one is a near twin, lovely.
Irenan is very good. We got chatting to a guy who was working there, he was intrigued that we'd come to see it.
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drewbhoy
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Edited Jun 26, 2021, 21:40
Re: unidentified - standing stones
Jun 26, 2021, 21:03
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Shows what I know - nice one one SC :-)
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