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Latitude: 56.4857 / 56°29'8"N
Longitude: -5.9913 / 5°59'28"W
OS Eastings: 154370
OS Northings: 739767
OS Grid: NM543397
Mapcode National: GBR CCLK.VWZ
Mapcode Global: WGZDS.Y75S
Entry Name: Faisg Air An Oir, standing stone 305m SSW of Clachaig
Scheduled Date: 9 June 2015
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM13602
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
Location: Torosay
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Oban South and the Isles
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument comprises a standing stone of prehistoric date. The stone is located within thick scrub and trees 50m W of the B8035 road from Salen to Kinloch on the Isle of Mull.
The stone, which leans to the ESE, stands to a height of 2.45m and tapers towards a pointed apex. The stone is aligned NNE-SSW at its base, which measures 1.2m by 0.4m.
Standing stones were normally erected in the Neolithic or Bronze Age (third or second millennium BC) and probably relate to ritual activity.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material is expected to survive. It is circular in shape with a diameter of 10m, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
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 1980, visited 1972
Surveyed at 1:2500.Visited by OS (D W R) 4 May 1972
Photographic Bibliography
OS 1972 A77663
Bibliography
RCAHMS (1980 a) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona), Edinburgh, 68, No. 106(2)
Canmore
https://canmore.org.uk/site/22245/
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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