13/11/2019, Scotland's Rock Art Project (ScRAP), Nether Largie Standing Stone 3
Event ID 1132677
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1132677
Date fieldwork started: 13/11/2019
Compiled by: Kilmartin
Location notes: Positioned at the lowest point of Kilmartin Glen in flat fields approximately 80m to the NW of the Kilmartin burn and 250m to the SE of Temple Wood stone circles (Canmore 39504, 39517) is a monument comprising multiple standing stones (Canmore ID: 39471). The linear monument runs SW to NE and can be found in a field on the W side of the B8025 road just before it meets the A816 to the NE of the site. 500m to the SW is Ri Cruin cairn (Canmore 39456); 250m to the WNW are the stone circles at Temple Wood (Canmore 39504) and 300m to the N is Nether Largie South chambered cairn (Canmore 39460). A public footpath path runs from a small foot bridge across the Kilmartin burn in the east, through the middle of the linear monument directly passing the central standing stone, before continuing west towards the Temple Wood stone circles (Canmore 39504). At the time of survey the field was in use for sheep grazing and the vegetation was low around the monument. Three of the standing stones in the Nether Largie alignment have been decorated with cup and cup and ring motifs, including the central stone, the NW stone and standing stone 3. Standing Stone 3 is the southern-most of the stones in this monument.
Panel notes: Standing stone 3 is a tall, roughly rectangular schist stone with a wider top section and pointed tip, measuring about 2.8m in height and a maximum of 1.1m in width at its thickest part. The stone is vertical but has shifted to lean slightly towards the N. The N face of the stone has been carved with a line of 3 possible cupmarks, one of which is more oval than circular.
