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Dunadd

Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Site Name Dunadd

Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 39581

Site Number NR89SW 25

NGR NR 8396 9344

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Kilmichael Glassary
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes ( - 1977)

NR89SW 25 8396 9344.

(NR 8397 9343) Standing Stone (NR)

OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1924)

Though erect in 1867, this stone has since fallen. It measures 14'3" x 4'6" to 6' x 1'4", widest at top when erect. Faced ENE.

Name Book 1867; M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.

NR 8395 9342. As described.

Resurveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (JP) 9 May 1973.

NR 8395 9344. No change to the report of 9 May 1973.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (BS) 10 February 1977.

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Field Visit (June 1983)

This stone, which was upright in 1867, but had fallen by 1903, (Christison 1904), lies in a level field 220m SSE of Dunadd farmhouse. It measures up to 4.3m in length by 1.8m at its broader end, its maximum visible thickness being 0.4m.

Visited June 1983

RCAHMS 1988

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