View SSW of Leac-an-Fhamair standing stone (flagstone of the giant), Beacharra, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland, UK. The monolith is 16ft () high.

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View SSW of Leac-an-Fhamair standing stone (flagstone of the giant), Beacharra, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland, UK. The monolith is 16ft () high, a prominent landscape feature seen against the skyline from a considerable distance. It lies some 160ft (48m) S of Beacharra chambered tomb & almost on the extended NNE-SSW alignment of the burial chamber. The stone has been connected with fertility rites, including egg rolling at Easter, into modern times.

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Size: 2667px × 3805px
Location: Beacharra Standing Stone, Tarbert, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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