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Latitude: 56.0751 / 56°4'30"N
Longitude: -6.2327 / 6°13'57"W
OS Eastings: 136711
OS Northings: 694997
OS Grid: NR367949
Mapcode National: GBR BDZN.KY6
Mapcode Global: WGYFH.7KBM
Entry Name: Fingal's Limpet Hammers,standing stones,Lower Kilchattan, Colonsay
Scheduled Date: 22 August 1991
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5220
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
Location: Colonsay and Oronsay
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Kintyre and the Islands
Traditional County: Argyllshire
A pair of standing stones, 14m apart, situated on the W edge of an arable field 70m NE of Lower Kilchattan farmhouse. The northern one is 2.6m high and 1.5m in girth at the base; the southern one, 3.1m and 1.5m respectively. A small cairn of field stones lies around each stone.
The scheduled area includes both standing stones and a rectangle of ground surrounding them measuring 21m (NW-SE) by 6m (SW-NE), extending on the SW up to but excluding the field fence and extending 3m from the standing stones on the NW and SE respectively, as shown in red on the accompanying plan.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monuments are of national importance because of their potential for shedding light on ritual and funerary practices in the Bronze Age (c. 2500-600 BC). It is likely that these 2 stones are the remnants of a more extensive group, the character of which could be further elucidated by excavation.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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