Archaeoastronomy from the Air - The Stones and the Stars: Building Scotland's Newest Megalith - page 269

F IG . 9.10 Notch to the west of Cnoc a' Charragh, with contrast enhanced
(Photo by author, 1979)
it (Fig. 9.11a ) . I had found a line of stones leading north from it
through the valley, leading to a cairn overlooking the abandoned
village north of Scalisaig, so it was obviously used for local naviga-
tion. As well as the alignment to it, its long axis face now points
to two prominent notches between the Paps of Jura (Fig. 9.11b ) .
The direction is towards midwinter sunrise, and to moonrise at
furthest south. Graham Ritchie told me that the stone fell in the
1930s and was re-erected in 1960. I suggested that there might be
older photographs against which its present alignment could be
checked, but I've heard nothing further.
At Kilchattan on Colonsay there's a real mystery - two very
tall stones, perhaps 15 ft tall, placed crosswise in a valley so nar-
row that the hills, though low, rise high above them. The long axis