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<< Our Photo Pages >> Stravanan Bay - Stone Row / Alignment in Scotland in Isle of Bute

Submitted by butephoto on Friday, 03 January 2003  Page Views: 11032

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stravanan Bay Alternative Name: Largizean Farm
Country: Scotland County: Isle of Bute Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Rothesay  Nearest Village: Kingarth / Kilchattan Bay
Map Ref: NS0846555361  Landranger Map Number: 63
Latitude: 55.753601N  Longitude: 5.053675W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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SandyG visited on 25th Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Car parking is available next to the Blackpark stone circle at NS 09156 55715. From here walk along the road to NS 08760 54995 and then follow the track leading north.

SumDoood visited on 14th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Named as Largizean Standing Stones and signposted from the farm at the roadside. Two fields length of walking required. (I took the van, but prob shouldn't've).



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3.5

Stravanan Bay
Stravanan Bay submitted by RMG : Stravanan Bay, Isle of Bute (Vote or comment on this photo)
A Row of Three Stones (Alignment) in Bute

Canmore site no. 40257.

Update November 2019: This alignment is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Stravanan Bay (Largizean), which includes a description, a plan of the row from a survey carried out in August 2017, photographs of the alignment and a list of online resources for more information.

The site is also recorded on the West of Scotland Archaeology Service as WOS Pin 4839 (Kingarth/Larzigean Standing Stones).
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Stravanan Bay
Stravanan Bay submitted by RMG : Stravanan Bay, Isle of Bute - Stone alignment (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Stravanan Bay
Stravanan Bay submitted by RMG : Stravanan Bay, Bute (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stravanan Bay
Stravanan Bay submitted by SumDoood : From ESE. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stravanan Bay
Stravanan Bay submitted by SandyG : Plan of Stravanan Bay (Largizean) stone row. The grey stone is recumbent and was probably dumped here in recent years. (Source: survey at 1:100 by Sandy Gerrard). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Stravanan Bay
Stravanan Bay submitted by SandyG : View from the south.

Stravanan Bay
Stravanan Bay submitted by SandyG : View from the east.

Stravanan Bay
Stravanan Bay submitted by SandyG : View from the south east with the sea beyond (Scale 1m).

Stravanan Bay
Stravanan Bay submitted by SandyG : View from south west.

Stravanan Bay
Stravanan Bay submitted by SandyG : View from the south (Scale 1m).

Stravanan Bay
Stravanan Bay submitted by SandyG : The stone row can be seen just to the right of the wind sock. From this angle the Isle of Arran appears to tower over the row. The high ground immediately behind the row however blocks this view of Arran from the row.

Stravanan Bay
Stravanan Bay submitted by SumDoood : Viewed from the SW. The LH stone is cracked. The rock to the L of the centre stone might once have been the top part of that stone.

Stravanan Bay
Stravanan Bay submitted by SumDoood : Taken from the NW about 5pm 14 May 2016. Note the scrap iron, or steel, left between the stones, a superstitious activity much evident in SW Scotland particularly

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