<< Our Photo Pages >> Finlaggan - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Isle of Islay
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Finlaggan Alternative Name: Loch FinlagganCountry: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.4 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Isle of Islay Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Port Askaig Nearest Village: Finlaggan
Map Ref: NR3927668559 Landranger Map Number: 60
Latitude: 55.839576N Longitude: 6.166001W
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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hidebasket visited on 12th Aug 2023 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
SandyG visited on 18th Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 5 The stone stands beside the public highway. Car parking is available nearby at the Finlaggan Trust visitor centre (NR 39183 68498) or at the roadside at NR 39544 68464.
Andy B kelpie have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4
Canmore site no. 37701.
Update October 2019: The Finlaggan possible single stone row is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website, which tells us: "known only from geophysical survey. No report on the work is currently available but the row would have pointed at and been at the limit of visibility to the Paps of Jura … the solitary standing stone at this location would presumably have formed part of the row".
The SRoGB entry includes a description, photographs of the standing stone showing its views to the Paps of Jura, a discussion as to the identification of the row (which was investigated by Time Team), access information, links to other online resources for more information, plus a photograph illustrating the viewpoints which can be seen from the row.
The site is also recorded on the West of Scotland Archaeology Service as WoSAS Site ID 2304 (Finlaggan, Islay).
The SRoGB also includes a link to the Time Team programme: Episode 1 - Islay (Series 2?). The SRoGB notes: "Geophysical survey carried out by Time Team. This suggests the presence of a line of at least five large pits aligned towards the Paps of Jura. Their reconstruction depicts a double row but the geophysics print out suggests a single row. Only one stone remains standing … A pair of stones about 300m away to the east could also be interpreted as part of a much damaged stone row, but it is more likely that they are a separate stone pair".
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