Carnassarie Standing Stones
Also known as Carnasserie; Cairn on the Green Sheiling
This pair of stones stand a mile or so to the north of Kilmartin and about 150 yards to the north of Carnassarie cairn.
The stones stand about eight feet apart and are aligned almost exactly north-south on a high shoulder of land. The northerly stone is about seven and a half feet tall and five feet wide. The southerly stone is about eight and a half feet tall and four feet wide. They are both about a foot and a half deep.
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14/32 The convenient yardstick stands 5 feet 9 inches tall.
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21/32 Looking east.
22/32 Looking northwest
23/32 Looking southeast
24/32 looking southwest
25/32 Looking northwest.
26/32 Looking southeast.
27/32 Looking northeast.
28/32 Looking east from a nearby hill. The stones are in the bottom left of the picture and Carnassarie Castle stands at the top right.
29/32 Looking west.
30/32 Looking northwest.
31/32 The southerly stone, looking east.
32/32 The northerly stone, looking east.
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(NB: All distances are as-the-crow-flies. Lochs, mountains and beautiful winding roads will make it further. Sometimes much further.)