Islay, Kilbride
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Islay, Kilbride
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 37575
Site Number NR34NE 5
NGR NR 38383 46583
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kildalton And Oa
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR34NE 5 3838 4657.
(NR 3838 4657) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)
This tall, dressed standing stone, is 11ft 6ins high.
Other dimensions are 2ft 4ins by 1ft. It is believed to be of phyllite. F Celoria 1959.
A standing stone situated in level pastureland is 3m high, 0.8m broad and 0.3m thick. Four metres to the west is what may be a fallen stone but there is insufficient exposed for certainty.
Surveyed at 1:10000.
Visited by OS (TRG) 3 June 1978.
Field Visit (June 1975)
NR 383 465. Situated in level pasture 120m SSE of Kilbride there is a standing stone measuring 2.75m in height and 0.90m by 0.33m at the base, with the longer axis aligned ENE and WSW. The sides taper gradually to a rounded top, and the faces appear to have been dressed to some extent in prehistoric times.
RCAHMS 1984, visited June 1975
