Strontoiller
Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Strontoiller
Classification Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Nell; Clath Na Carra
Canmore ID 23206
Site Number NM92NW 8
NGR NM 90675 29138
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmore And Kilbride
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM92NW 8 9067 2914.
(NM 9067 2914) Stone Circle (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
This is the only known stone circle in Lorn. The NE half of the circle stands in what is now an area of marshy ground, the remainder at the edge of an arable field. The circle measures about 20 metres in diameter and is composed of 31 rounded boulders of various sizes, the largest measuring not more than 1 metre in height. A short distance outside the circle, on the NNE, are four other stones which have probably been displaced. The interior of the circle is featureless.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1967; Information from G Livock (with photograph) to OS, 1940.
As described.
Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.
Visited by OS (D W R) 1 September 1971.
Field Visit (May 1967)
NM 906 291. The only known stone circle in Lorn is situated on the flood plain at the N end of Loch Nell, 280m SSW of the farm of Strontoiller and 185m NNW of the cairn and standing stone. The NE half is now in an area of marshy ground, but the SW half lies at the edge of an arable field. The circle measures about 20m in diameter and is composed of 31 rounded boulders of varying sizes, the largest measuring not more than 1m in height. Four other stones, which have probably been displaced, are situated a short distance outside the circle, on the NNE. Many of the boulders forming the circle are now partly grass-covered, and without excavation, it is impossible to tell whether or not they are precisely in their original positions. The interior of the circle is featureless.
RCAHMS 1975, visited May 1967.
Measured Survey (1967)
Surveyed with alidade and plane-table. Redrawn in ink and published at the reduced scale of 1:250 (RCAHMS 1975, fig. 27).
