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Islay, Trudernish

Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Site Name Islay, Trudernish

Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 38087

Site Number NR45SE 9

NGR NR 46298 52902

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Kildalton And Oa
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NR45SE 9 4629 5290.

(NR 4630 5290) Stone (NAT)

OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1878)

A standing stone, 5ft 10ins high and 2ft by 1ft in cross-section, is situated just SW of Rudh' a' Bhuic.

F Celoria 1959.

NR 4629 5290. A standing stone 0.7m by 0.3m by 2.0 high.

Surveyed at 1:10 000.

Visited by OS (BS) 22 June 1978.

Activities

Field Visit (May 1977)

NR 462 529. Situated in an arable field 400m NNE of Trudernish, and 20m E of the public road to Ardtalla, there is a standing stone which measures 1.85m in height and 0.62m by 0.34m at the base, with the longer axis aligned roughly E and W. It has almost vertical, rounded sides, relatively smooth faces and a sloping top falling from W to E.

RCAHMS 1984, visited May 1977

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