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Benderloch 2
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Benderloch 2
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) New Selma; Lochnell Primary School; Benderloch Village
Canmore ID 23245
Site Number NM93NW 3
NGR NM 90631 38640
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23245
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Ardchattan And Muckairn (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM93NW 3 9062 3865.
(NM 9062 3865) Standing Stone (NR)
(Undated) OS annotation.
This standing stone is situated in a level field at the north end of Benderloch Village. It measures 1.1 and 0.2 metres at the base, the longer axis being aligned N-S. It stands 1.5 metres in height.
RCAHMS 1975.
As described.
Visited by OS (DWR) 8 February 1971.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Excavation of part of the area surrounding the standing stone took place as a condition of scheduled monument consent prior to the construction of a new school building. A relict soil horizon was identified within the gravels of the marine terrace, and a possible stakehole cutting this was excavated.
No other archaeological features were observed during the watching brief which was maintained over the rest of the development site.
Strathclyde Regional Council 1991.
Scheduled as Lochnell Primary School, standing stone.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 12 February 2001.
Field Visit (April 1967)
NM 906 386. This standing stone is situated in a level field at the north end of Benderloch village, immediately N of Lochnell Primary School. It measures 1.5m in height and 1.1m by 0.2m at the base; the longer axis being aligned N and S.
RCAHMS 1975, visited April 1967.
