At Ballymeanoch, in the Kilmartin Valley, are two rows of stones. One has two stones---a third stone with a hole pierced through it stood with them until some time in the last one hundred years---and the other has four stones. Together they form part of what was a large megalithic avenue. Within a very small distance of these stones are the remains of a henge monument - now ploughed almost flat - and a burial cairn. A few hundred yards away is the burial cairn of Dunchraigaig and the cup-and-ring marked rocky outcrop at Baluachraig.
See also: Ballymeanoch kerb cairn, Ballymeanoch henge, Ballymeanoch holed stone, Dunchraigaig cairn.
1/15 Both stone rows at sunrise on a misty morning.
2/15 Both stone rows, pre-dawn, on a misty morning.
3/15 The four-stone row, with yardstick.
4/15 A close view of the four-stone row.
5/15 The four-stone row
6/15 The four-stone row
7/15 The four-stone row
8/15 The avenue, before the power lines were removed.
9/15 In the foreground is the cairn, with the two stone rows behind
10/15 The two-stone row
11/15 The two-stone row
12/15 Extensive cup-marks and cup-and-ring marks on one of the largerslabs of the four-stone row.
13/15 The four-stone row.
14/15 One of the stones of the four-stone row with the kerb cairnbehind to the right.
15/15 The four-stone row.
Nearby Sites
0km Ballymeanoch Cairn Kerb Cairn
0km Ballymeanoch Henge Henge; Cist
0km Ballymeanoch Holed Stone Standing Stone (broken, fallen and moved)
0km Dunchraigaig Cairn Chambered Cairn
1km Nether Largie Stone Setting Stone Setting
1km Temple Wood Stone Circle
2km Dunadd Fort; Rock Carving
2km Kilmartin Church And Graveyard Mediaeval Grave Slabs; Early Christian Crosses; Carved Slabs; Church
3km Kilmichael Glassary Decorated Rock Sheet Cup and Ring Marks
3km Torbhlaran Standing Stone
4km Carnassarie Cairn Cairn
4km Carnassarie Standing Stones Standing Stones
5km Cairnbaan Cup and Ring Marks
5km Creagantairbh Beag Monolith Standing Stone
5km Glennan Standing Stone
6km Achnabreck Carved Rocksheet Cup And Ring
6km Ormaig Rock Carvings Cup and Ring Marks
7km Salachary Stone Row Standing Stones
7km Stane Alane Standing Stone
8km Kilmory Oib Village Deserted Mediæval Village
8km Kintraw Standing Stone; Cairn
14km Barnashaig Standing Stone
14km Upper Fernoch Megalith Standing Stone
16km Dun Mhuirich Dun
17km Castle Lachlan Castle
19km Lochead Megalith Standing Stone
(NB: All distances are as-the-crow-flies. Lochs, mountains and beautiful winding roads will make it further. Sometimes much further.)