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Archaeology Notes

Event ID 696143

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/696143

NR68SW 1 6062 8229.

(NR 6062 8231) Standing Stone (NR)

OS 6" map (1900)

This standing stone, situated by the roadside near Tarbert, measures 8ft high, width 2ft tapering to 1ft 9ins, and thickness 9ins. It is roughly rectangular, shaped at the apex to a sharp peak. It stands on a slight eminence, with a group of smaller stones round its base.

E H Rideout 1932

The standing stone, orientated N-S, is as described by Rideout. The 'slight eminence' has been accentuated by field clearance piled upon it.

Surveyed at 1/10,000.

Visited by OS (JB) 5 June 1978

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