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Standing stone in Bearanach Thoir

Standing stone

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Standing stone in Bearanach Thoir rises one metre five from a wet pedestal where cattle once scratched themselves, its narrow axis pointing north and south like a forgotten ruler. Thirty metres further north waits another stone, suggesting a line rather than a lonely marker. The animals may have spent generations pressing their coats against that smooth edge, polishing human intent into a shape nobody remembers naming.
Upright stone slab (H 1.05m; Wth 0.57m; T 0.25m at base, 0.16m at top) with long axis on a roughly N–S alignment. The stone narrows along its long axis from the base to the top. The stone stands on a low pedestal of sod encircled by a shallow wet depression, the result of farm stock using it as a scratching post. There is another standing stone (MA016-016----) located 300m to N. Compiled by: Jane O’ Shaughnessy Date of upload: 29 September 2017

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