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Bute, Acholter
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Bute, Acholter
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 40316
Site Number NS06NE 9
NGR NS 05464 66961
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/40316
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Bute
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
NS06NE 9 05464 66961.
(Name : 0555 6692) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
Hewison lists a standing stone W of Acholter.
J K Hewison 1893
NS 0547 6692. A standing stone, leaning towards the NW, is situated in level pasture land and is 1.6m high, 0.6m broad and 0.3m thick. There is no trace of the other stone shown on the OS 25" (County Series).
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (TRG) 23 November 1976
This standing stone is situated 340m NW of Acholter farmsteading (NS06NE 174), on level ground that was saturated on the date of visit. Generally as described by the OS in 1976, the long axis of the stone is aligned NW and SE.
The stone is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, Sheet CCIV) and described in the contemporary Name Book (No.6, p.57) as a ‘standing stone which is evidently one of the ancient stone monuments commonly to be met with elsewhere throughout the country’.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, PM) 20 May 2009.
Field Visit (1863)
The stone is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, Sheet CCIV) and described in the contemporary Name Book (No.83, p.57) as a ‘standing stone which is evidently one of the ancient stone monuments commonly to be met with elsewhere throughout the country’.
Field Visit (22 May 1943)
This site was recorded as part of the RCAHMS Emergency Survey, undertaken by Angus Graham and Vere Gordon Childe during World War 2. The project archive has been catalogued during 2013-2014 and the material, which includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts, plans and photographs, is now available online.
Information from RCAHMS (GF Geddes) 2 December 2014.
Reference (23 July 1971)
Hewison lists a standing stone W of Acholter.
Information from OS (IF) 23 July 1971
J K Hewison 1893
Field Visit (23 November 1976)
NS 0547 6692. A standing stone, leaning towards the NW, is situated in level pasture land and is 1.6m high, 0.6m broad and 0.3m thick. There is no trace of the other stone shown on the OS 25" (County Series).
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (TRG) 23 November 1976
Field Visit (20 May 2009)
This standing stone is situated 340m NW of Acholter farmsteading (NS06NE 174), on level ground that was saturated on the date of visit. Generally as described by the OS in 1976, the long axis of the stone is aligned NW and SE.
The stone is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Buteshire 1869, Sheet CCIV) and described in the contemporary Name Book (No.6, p.57) as a ‘standing stone which is evidently one of the ancient stone monuments commonly to be met with elsewhere throughout the country’.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG, PM) 20 May 2009.
