Region : Highlands District : Caithness Town or village : Lybster Grid Reference : ND 188 417 Period : 2nd millennium BC Achavanich STONE SETTING

This horseshoe setting of stones is situated on a slightly elevated position overlooking Loch Stemster (Caithness). Thirty-six sandstone slabs remain in place, although there may have been 54 originally. The flat faces of the slabs follow the line of the setting. Their average height is between 1.2m and 1.5m, with the tallest 2m high. The setting is about 68.5m long and 30.5m wide and it is open to the south-south-east. This kind of megalithic site, quite unusual in Britain, could date from the Bronze Age. To the south-east there are the remains of an earlier Neolithic chambered cairn.

Miscellaneous sites ------------------ Achavanich Dwarfie Stane Liddle Stanydale Steinacleit Other sites in the Highlands ---------------------- Achavanich Aviemore Balnuaran of Clava (Clava) Borve Camster Long Camster Round Camus nan Geall Chambered Cairn Camus nan Geall Standing Stone Carn Liath Clach Mhic Mhios Cnoc Freiceadain North Cnoc Freiceadain South Coille na Borgie South Corrimony Craig Phadrig Dun Ardtreck Dun Beag Dunbeath Dun Dornaigil Dun Ringill Dun Telve Dun Troddan Garrywhin (Cairn o'Get) Gask Learable Hill Mid Clyth (Hill o'Many Stanes) Na Clachan Bhreige Ord North Ord South Portnancon (Laid) South Yarrows South