Barnashaig
Also known as Tayvallich; listed in CANMORE as Barnashalg
Barnashaig is at the west side of the Knapdale Peninsula near Tayvallich, between Loch Sween and the Sound of Jura.
In a very pretty valley a quarter of a mile away from another megalith at Upper Fernoch and across a small loch (Loch Dun Calltuinn) from the hill-top fortification of Dun Calltuinn, stands this splendid twelve-foot tall megalith. It is roughly rhomboid in cross section and decorated with four or five cup-marks.
1/16 View to the north in infra red.
2/16 IR view to the south.
3/16 IR view to the northeast.
4/16 A closer view to the north. Using infra red film again.
5/16 Another view to the south using IR.
6/16 A view to the east. IR again.
7/16 The south face of the monolith. The compass at the bottom centre of the picture indicates north up and slightly right. A cup mark can be seen about one quarter of the way up the stone at the right-hand edge.
8/16 A closer view of the deep cup mark.
9/16 Looking northwest with a 5'9" yardstick. The remains of Dun Calltuinn stand on the hill just over the yardstick's right shoulder.
10/16 Looking east across the valley.
11/16 Looking north.
12/16 Looking southwest. The standing stone at Upper Fernoch is just a little way over the rise.
13/16 Looking west.
14/16 Looking south.
15/16 Looking north.
16/16 Looking northeast in the direction of Tayvallich.
Nearby Sites
0km Upper Fernoch Megalith Standing Stone
2km Dun Mhuirich Dun
6km Kilmory Oib Village Deserted Mediæval Village
9km Lochead Megalith Standing Stone
11km Cairnbaan Cup and Ring Marks
12km Dunadd Fort; Rock Carving
12km Stane Alane Standing Stone
13km Achnabreck Carved Rocksheet Cup And Ring
14km Ballymeanoch Cairn Kerb Cairn
14km Ballymeanoch Henge Henge; Cist
14km Ballymeanoch Holed Stone Standing Stone (broken, fallen and moved)
14km Ballymeanoch Stone Rows Stone Rows
14km Dunchraigaig Cairn Chambered Cairn
14km Kilmichael Glassary Decorated Rock Sheet Cup and Ring Marks
14km Nether Largie Stone Setting Stone Setting
14km Temple Wood Stone Circle
15km Torbhlaran Standing Stone
16km Kilmartin Church And Graveyard Mediaeval Grave Slabs; Early Christian Crosses; Carved Slabs; Church
17km Carnassarie Cairn Cairn
17km Carnassarie Standing Stones Standing Stones
18km Ormaig Rock Carvings Cup and Ring Marks
19km Creagantairbh Beag Monolith Standing Stone
19km Glennan Standing Stone
20km Salachary Stone Row Standing Stones
(NB: All distances are as-the-crow-flies. Lochs, mountains and beautiful winding roads will make it further. Sometimes much further.)