Alternative Names Barra Na Cabar; Airdsbay House; Nelson Monument
Site type STANDING STONE
Canmore ID 23495
Site Number NN03SW 12
NGR NN 00515 31088
Council ARGYLL AND BUTE
Parish ARDCHATTAN AND MUCKAIRN (ARGYLL AND BUTE)
Former Region STRATHCLYDE
Former District ARGYLL AND BUTE
Former County ARGYLL

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Archaeological Notes

NN03SW 12 00515 31088 removed from c. 9971 3213

(NN 0051 3109) Nelson's Mon (NAT)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)

The granite monolith that now stands on a prominent knoll immediately east of Taynuilt village, and which is known as Nelson's Monument, was originally situated about 1.6 kms to the NW on a low ridge named Barra na Cabar, SW of Airdsbay House (NM 9971 3213) (Thomson 1927). It was lying prone at the time of its removal in 1805 by workmen of the Lorn Furnace (NN03SW 5) and, according to local tradition, there had been other 'pillar stones' lying in the same field in the past. This would suggest that it was originally a standing stone, possibly forming part of a setting of such stones. As it stands at the present time, it measures 1.7 by 0.91 by 0.66 metres at the base and rises to a height of 3.43 metres. Its north face bears a dedicatory inscription.
W Thomson 1927; RCAHMS 1975, visited June 1969.

As described. There is nothing significant to be seen at the original site.
Surveyed at 1:2500 scale.
Visited by OS (R D) 21 October 1971 and (R D L) 7 April 1962.

RCAHMS (1975) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the ancient monuments: volume 2: Lorn, Edinburgh
Page(s): 63-4, No. 121 Held at RCAHMS A.1.1.INV/19

Thomson, W (1927) 'Some antiquities in Benderloch and Lorn', Proc Soc Antiq Scot, vol.61
Page(s): 230-1 illust