Region : Strathclyde Home
District : Argyll & Bute Map
Area : Kintyre List
Grid Reference : NR 692 433 Glossary
Period : Prehistory Bibliography
Beacharra
(Beacharr)

STANDING STONE
Beacharra image

 
This impressive monolith stands high on a hill above the east coast of the Kintyre Peninsula. It is 5m high and from 0.8m (at the base) to 1.4m broad.
As visible in the photo, its top has an irregular profile.
A few metres to the east there are the remains of a chambered cairn.
According to Alexander Thom this standing stone was a 1st millennium BC lunar observatory.