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Latitude: 56.5049 / 56°30'17"N
Longitude: -5.999 / 5°59'56"W
OS Eastings: 154018
OS Northings: 741923
OS Grid: NM540419
Mapcode National: GBR CCKJ.BYJ
Mapcode Global: WGZDL.TRHN
Entry Name: Killiechronan Farm, standing stone 540m NNE of
Scheduled Date: 10 February 2003
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM10697
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
Location: Kilninian and Kilmore
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Oban South and the Isles
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument comprises a standing stone of prehistoric date.
The monument is situated on a level shelf on the W bank of the Allt Coire Phollachie burn at about 60m OD. The stone stands about 2.55m high and is rectangular in section, measuring c.0.5m in breadth by 0.3m in thickness.
The stone has fallen sideways to the W, the western end being already covered by turf, while a hollow marks what seems to be the socket of the stone under what is now its E end. Near the W end a large slice has been broken off from its underside (originally its W edge), and it is on the shoulder thus formed that the stone has come to rest. The monument probably relates to ritual activity of Neolithic or Bronze Age date (third or second millennium BC).
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material may be expected to survive. It is circular in shape, with a diameter of 6m, as marked in red on the accompanying map. The above-ground components of the deer fence within the northern portion of the area to be scheduled, and the ditch associated with the adjacent track, are specifically excluded from the scheduling.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric ritual practices. Its importance is increased by its proximity to other monuments of potentially contemporary date.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NM54SW 1.
Photographic references:
RCAHMS B991426/PO.
References
RCAHMS (1980a) ARGYLL: AN INVENTORY OF THE MONUMENTS VOLUME 3: MULL, TIREE, COLL AND NORTHERN ARGYLL (EXCLUDING THE EARLY MEDIEVAL AND LATER MONUMENTS OF IONA), Edinburgh: HMSO, 68, No. 108.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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