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Islay, Ballinaby

Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Site Name Islay, Ballinaby

Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Ballinaby 1, Islay

Canmore ID 37385

Site Number NR26NW 13

NGR NR 21997 67206

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Argyll And Bute
  • Parish Kilchoman
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District Argyll And Bute
  • Former County Argyll

Archaeology Notes

NR26NW 13 2199 6720.

(NR 2200 6719) Standing Stone (NR)

OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)

A standing stone, 4.9m high and 1.1m by 0.3m at base, aligned NNW-SSE and tapering uniformly to lose half its breadth and thickness before reaching its level top.

RCAHMS 1984.

A standing stone as described is situated on a gentle E-facing slope in open moorland.

Surveyed at 1:10,000.

Visited by OS (T R G) 24 May 1978.

Activities

Field Visit (June 1977)

NR 219 672. Only two standing stones survive of the three that were noted by Pennant at Ballinaby during his visit to Islay in 1772.

(Ballinby 1) The larger of the two that remain, remarkable alike for its height and slimness, stands on the crest of a low ridge 200 m WNW of the new farmhouse at Ballinaby; measuring 4.9m in height but only 1.1m by 0.3m at the base, it tapers uniformly to lose about half its breadth and thickness before the level top is reached. The long axis lies approximately NNW and SSE.

RCAHMS 1984, visited June 1977

Publication Account (1985)

One of the most impressive standing stones in the west of Scotland is situated in a prominent position and despite its thinness can be seen from considerable distances. The stone is almost 5m in height, but is as little as 0.3m thick at the base. The second stone, 200m to the north, has been damaged by stonebreaking and is now only 2m high.

Information from ‘Exploring Scotland’s Heritage: Argyll and the Western Isles’, (1985).

Watching Brief (3 December 2013)

NR 22472 67296, NR 22528 67289, NR 22595 67278, NR 22660 67276 and NR 22725 67264 Watching briefs were kept on 3 December 2013 during excavations for five poles for an overhead power supply to a new house at Ballinaby. The new power line is located near two standing stones (NR26NW 13 and NR26NW 14) and three Viking burials (NR26NW 4) but

nothing of arChaeological significance was found in any of the pole trenches.

Archive and report: RCAHMS and WoSAS HER

Funder: SSE

John Lewis - Scotia Archaeology

(Source: DES)

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