Jura, Leargybreck
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Jura, Leargybreck
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 38278
Site Number NR57SW 2
NGR NR 53878 71309
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38278
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Jura
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR57SW 2 5387 7130
(NR 5387 7128) Standing Stone
Information from RCAHMS to OS.
This stone is at the edge of a field at NR 5387 7130. It is an irregular block tapering to a point, and measures 1.5m high, 1.5m wide at ground level, and approximately 0.7m thick. It was possibly erected in antiquity, but it is dissimilar to the usual slab-like standing stones on Jura.
Surveyed at 1/10,000.
Visited by OS (J B) 2 May 1978.
Field Visit (June 1975)
NR 538 713. About 100m NNW of Leargybreck Free Church [NR57SW 6] there is a small upright stone that may be of prehistoric date. Aligned NE and SW, it measures 1.4m in height and 1.8m by 0.9m at the base, and tapers to a pointed top.
RCAHMS 1984, visited June 1975
