<< Our Photo Pages >> Dunadd Standing Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Argyll
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dunadd Standing StoneCountry: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Lochgilphead Nearest Village: Kilmartin
Map Ref: NR8386993612 Landranger Map Number: 55
Latitude: 56.086297N Longitude: 5.475453W
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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Anne T visited on 19th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Dunadd Standing Stone: This was an amusing visit to start off with. As we drew up in the car park, the “Tour of the Tor” minibus drew up behind us, along with the young couple we’d seen at Kirkmichael Glassary Rock Art yesterday. Other parties of walkers came along the path and marched off up the track to the fort. We later saw them standing on top of the fort waving down to those left below.
We set off towards the farmhouse and the river to see the standing stone, which at first sight looked like a garden feature. We were closely followed by an American lady with her walking poles, a large rucksack and camera. When my husband stopped just before the stone, she stopped next to him and watched me clicking away. “Why’s she taking photos?” she asked. “It’s a standing stone”, Andrew replied. “Oh. Oh!” and with that she got out her own camera and started taking snaps.
Whilst the stone was actually in the garden, a man was coming out to his car by the house and he waved me towards it as if telling me it was OK to take a closer look.
What a really beautiful spot in this valley. With the sun shining and blue skies, it would have been lovely to sit by the river and contemplate the world for a while.
It wasn't until I looked at Canmore later that evening, I discovered other standing stones nearby, which I could have investigated whilst Andrew was playing 'mountain goat' on the fort.
SolarMegalith visited on 28th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4
AngieLake Klingon have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 4
A 1.4 metre tall standing stone.
Canmore site no. 39592. Canmore says nothing is known about its origin. It is located 25 metres south of Dunadd farmhouse. Their latest entry, from 1983, adds: "An irregularly-shaped block of stone, 1.35m high and l.35m in girth at the base, is situated 25m S of Dunadd farmhouse, it is aligned NNW and SSE, and the top and the SSE edge appear to have been broken off."
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