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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Ballinaby Alternative Name: Ballinaby 1; Ballinaby 2Country: Scotland County: Isle of Islay Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Nearest Town: Bridgend Nearest Village: Ballinaby
Map Ref: NR2200167206 Landranger Map Number: 60
Latitude: 55.817818N Longitude: 6.439641W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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markj99 visited on 23rd Aug 2019 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Ballinaby 1 is unsignposted off a minor road N of Loch Gorm. There is a lay-by c. 200 yards W of Ballinaby farm. Walk up the farm road to a gate, head NNW towards a junction of dry stane dykes. Ballinaby 1 is c. 50 yards SW from here adjacent to the N side of the dyke. Ballinaby 2 lies c.350 yards NNE of Ballinaby 1 across rough ground.
Ballinaby 1 is one of the most striking standing stones I have ever visited. The apparent fragility of this tall thin slab is belied by its survival despite being exposed to Islay's wild weather for millennia.
Ballinaby 2 is less impressive in its current state though it may have been as tall as Ballinaby 1 originally.
SandyG visited on 19th Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Car parking is available at NR 21145 66400. From here go through the gate and follow the track to NR 21112 66727. Take the path leading to the right. Despite the substantial height of the southern stone it is not visible until you get fairly close to the row.
Richard13 visited on 1st Oct 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Andy B have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.67 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 3.33
At Ballinaby you will find a magnificent slab over 5 metres tall, with the face of the stone about a metre wide, and the thickness only 30cm. This stone is standing by a modern dyke. About 200 metres away to the north-east is another stone two metres tall, which is the remaining part of an originally much taller stone. It was probably deliberately broken. An eighteenth century report mentions three 'stupendous' stones standing in a row here - the third stone has now completely disappeared. Its fragmented remains are probably within the dyke.
How to find : From Bridgend take the A847 west. After 7km take the B8018 and follow it north for 5km, then turn left on the minor road along the north side of Loch Gorm. Ballinaby farm is 2km along this minor road. The stones are in the field to the north-west of the farm.
Read more about the stones and their possible alignments at Stones of Wonder.
This row is recorded as Canmore site no. 37385 (Ballinaby 1 Standing Stone) and Canmore ID 37386 (Ballinaby 2 Standing Stone).
Update September 2019: This row is also featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entry for Ballinaby, which includes a description, photographs of the alignment and the individual stones, landscape reveals and access information.
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