Tiree, Balinoe
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Tiree, Balinoe
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 21463
Site Number NL94SE 4
NGR NL 9731 4259
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Tiree
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NL94SE 4 9731 4259.
(NL 9731 4259) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)
Standing Stone, Balinoe: This massive stone is situated near the S edge of an arable field 760 m WSW of the former manse of Heylipoll. It measures 1.9m by 1.1m at the base with the longer axis aligned approximately N and S, and stands to a height of 3.6m. The N side of the stone has a pronounced shoulder at a height of 1.7m above ground- level, beyond which it rises to a pointed top. Mann (L M Mann 1922) records that in 1921 'on the eastern face were noted eighteen cups, one partly ringed, and a few much weathered on each of the other sides'. At the time of his visit, he observed that the surface of the E face that bore the markings was about to flake off, and no artificial markings are no visible (nor were any noted by Morris in 1967 {R W B Morris 1969}). It should be noted, however, that a considerable number of shallow irregular cavities of natural origin are to be found in many places all over the surface of the stone, including the E face; hence it is possible that some, if not all, of the markings recorded by Mann (L M Mann 1922) as artificial were in fact the result of weathering.
L M Mann 1922; R W B Morris 1969; RCAHMS 1980, visited 1973.
A standing stone as described. It bears no cup marks.
Visited by OS (R D) 27 June 1972.
