What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Acharn as Burial Ground (period Unassigned), Obelisk (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Acharn is a Neolithic burial ground containing an obelisk, likely dating to the 3rd millennium BCE. Its significance lies in its association with early ceremonial and funerary practices in Scotland.
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Places near here
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Duror, St Adamnan's Episcopal ChurchChurch (mid 19th Century) (1848) · 628 yd
Duror and Kentallen War MemorialMemorial · 759 yd
Duror, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1.1 mi
Ardsheal HillMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Meall BànMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Cuil BayBay · 1.4 mi
Kentallen BayBay · 1.7 mi
Keil ChapelBurial Ground (period Unassigned), Chapel (period Unassigned) · 1.9 mi
Eilean BalnagowanIsland · 2.9 mi
South Ballachulish, Appin Murder CairnCommemorative Monument (18th Century) · 3.4 mi
Margaret: Sallachan Point, Loch LinnheSmack (19th Century) · 3.9 mi