Achavanich
Achavanich (also Achkinloch - Scottish Gaelic Achadh a 'Mhanaich ) is a U-shaped ( English horseshoe-shaped ) stone setting , about seven kilometers north of Latheron near the lake "Loch Stemster" in Caithness in Scotland .
There are 36 stones visible today. Some are barely more than a meter high. It can be assumed, recognizable by the weathering of the stones that have been preserved, that many were once much higher. The original number may have been around 54. The axis of the system is oriented SSE-NNW. The effect of the system, which is placed on a flat slope in the heather, is intended. Its creation date is unknown, but it is believed to be from the Bronze Age . Such subsidence is very rare in Great Britain . More examples are known from Brittany .
South of Latheron was the cross-slab known as the Stone of Latheron . Cnoc Sgadain's stone chest was discovered on Acharole Hill .
See also
literature
- Anna Ritchie: Scotland BC. An introduction to the prehistoric houses, tombs, ceremonial monuments and fortifications in the care of the Secretary of State for Scotland. HMSO, Edinburgh 1988, ISBN 0-11-493427-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ A shape that has been preserved as far as the Stonehenge sarsen stones .
Web links
- Achavanich (last accessed December 10, 2012)
- Entry on Achavanich in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 58 ° 21 '23.8 " N , 3 ° 23' 22.7" W.