Menhir from Achaban House
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The cuboid menhir of Achaban House , which tapers to a point at the top and is about 2.4 m high and 0.7 × 0.5 m wide, made of red granite with traces of quartz , is located near the Achaban House on the A849 road to Fionnphort, north of the Lake "Loch Poit na hI" (also called Loch Pottie) in the southwest of the Isle of Mull in Argyll and Bute in Scotland .
The Menhire ( English Standing stones ) the Mull are unique for Scotland, as they often in rows ( Baliscate are arranged Dervaig, Maol Mor and Quinish) of three to five stones.
The Achaban House stone is one in a series of trail markers marking the pilgrimage route from Green Point to Iona . It may not be prehistoric.
The 2.4 m high Menhir of Poit na hI and a crannóg in the hole Poit na hI (Pottie hole) are located in the vicinity.
literature
- Argyll: An Inventory of the Monuments Volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll & Northern Argyll (excluding the Early Medieval and later monuments of Iona). Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland [1980], ISBN 0-11-491591-1
Web links
- Description Engl. and picture
- Entry on Menhir of Achaban House in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 19 ′ 32.6 " N , 6 ° 20 ′ 51.1" W.