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Mull, Lochbuie

Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Site Name Mull, Lochbuie

Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Alternative Name(s) Lochbuie House

Canmore ID 22387

Site Number NM62NW 3

NGR NM 6163 2542

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

NM62NW 3 6163 2542

See also NM62NW 1-2 and 4-5.

(NM 6163 2542) Standing Stone (NR)

OS 1:10000 map (1976)

Standing Stone, Lochbuie: This isolated standing stone is situated in a marshy field 360m NNW of the stone circle described on NM62NW 1, and may be associated with it. It stands to a height of 2m and measures 1.55m by 0.4m at the base. The top appears to have been deliberately broken.

RCAHMS 1980, visited 1972

This standing stone is oriented ENE-WSW.

Visited by OS (DWR) 17 May 1972.

Activities

Field Visit (23 July 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) 3 December 2014

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