Benderloch 1
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Benderloch 1
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) New Selma
Canmore ID 23258
Site Number NM93NW 9
NGR NM 90334 38014
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/23258
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Ardchattan And Muckairn (Argyll And Bute)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM93NW 9 9033 3802
See also NM93NW 28.
(NM 9033 3802) Standing Stone (NR)
(Undated) OS annotation.
This stone, standing in an arable field, measures 1.2 by 0.5 metres at the base, the longer axis being aligned NW-SE. The stone is 2.1 metres in height. Local tradition states that the stone once formed part of a circle (M E C Mitchell 1933), and Pennant in 1772 mentioned two stones. Other buried stones are said to lie about 60 feet south of the stone.
T Pennant 1774; R A Smith 1871; RCAHMS 1975.
As described. No other stones were found in the vicinity.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (DWR) 28 October 1971.
Field Visit (April 1967)
M 903 380. This stone stands in an arable field to the W of the public road at the S end of Benderloch village. It measures 2.1m high and 1.2m by 0.5m at the base; the longer axis is aligned NW and SE.
RCAHMS 1975, visited April 1967.
