Islay, Lagavulin
Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Islay, Lagavulin
Classification Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 37583
Site Number NR34NE 9
NGR NR 39542 46217
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kildalton And Oa
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR34NE 9 3953 4621
(NR 3954 4621) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)
This standing stone, now incorporated in a drystone wall has been dressed and tapered. It is 11ft 2ins high, 4ft 2ins broad and 1ft 2ins thick. A second standing stone, now fallen, lies broken immediately outside the wall.
W Lamont 1959; F Celoria 1959.
A standing stone as described above. The fallen stone, also dressed, lies 1.8m to the east and forms part of the wall of a small rectangular enclosure. It is 3.7m long by 1m by 0.4m and is of a similar shape to its partner.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (BS) 5 June 1978.
Field Visit (June 1975)
NR 395 462. Incorporated in the long wall that runs SSE from near the ruins of Ballynaughton More towards Druim Mor and beyond, there is a massive standing stone with another of similar size lying prone 1.8m to the E of it. The erect stone, which leans slightly to the N, measures 3.50m in height and 1.30m by 0.45m at ground level, with the longer axis aligned nearly E and w. What was almost certainly the base of the fallen stone is buried under the wall of a small rectangular enclosure, and its length is 3.65m and its maximum breadth and thickness 1.05m and 0.37m respectively. When erect it probably stood with its longer axis aligned, like that of its partner, almost E and W.
RCAHMS 1984, visited June 1975
