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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dunamuck South - Standing Stones in Scotland in Argyll

Submitted by Tom_Bullock on Sunday, 06 October 2002  Page Views: 6975

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dunamuck South Alternative Name: Dunamuck 2, The Dancing Stones
Country: Scotland County: Argyll Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Cairnbaan
Map Ref: NR8484192493  Landranger Map Number: 55
Latitude: 56.076700N  Longitude: 5.458961W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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.
 4 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
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SandyG visited on 14th Mar 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Parking is available at NR 84994 92222. From here walk through gate and head north across the field to NR 84910 92315. A small burn will need to be crossed. Follow the well marked footpath to enter the field containing the Dunamuck, South stone pair.

SolarMegalith visited on 28th Apr 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4

markj99 visited on 13th Aug 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 I saw these standing stones while passing through Kilmartin Glen. There is a convenient lay-by on the A816 allowing access to the pair of standing stones. Dunamuck S is one of 3 related stone alignments: Dunamuck N is a single standing stone and two fallen stones alignment c. 500 yards N and Leacaichluaine, two fallen stones c. 130 yards S. I wasn't aware of these sites at the time so I didn't visit them.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.67

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by Creative Commons : The two stones are only around 0.35m thick and appear to line up with the hill on which the dun of Dunadd was later built. Copyright Bob Embleton and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A pair of standing stones near the River Add in Argyll

The south-eastern stone has a single cup mark about two feet up from the ground surface. The two stones are only around 0.35m thick and appear to line up with the hill on which the dun of Dunadd was later built.

These standing stones are recorded as Canmore ID 29583, which tells us this is the second group of three stones situated NE and NW of Dunamuck on level ground west of the River Add. The more northerly stone of these two stands 2.75 metres high; the other stone stands 4 metres high with a pointed top, with a single cup mark 0.9 metres from its base on its western face, which Canmore says is probably of natural origin.

Update October 2019: For information on how this stone pair relates to the nearby Dunamuck stone row, see the Stone Rows of Great Britain's entry for Dunamuck, North, which includes annotated photographs illustrating the visual relationship between these two monuments.
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Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by tiompan : Dunamuck (mid ) (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by tiompan (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by tiompan (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by tiompan (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by Bladup : Dunamuck South. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by SolarMegalith : Southern pair of standing stones near Dunamuck, Dun Mor is visible in the background (photo taken on April 2013).

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by SolarMegalith : 4m high standing stone in the southern pair near Dunamuck (photo taken on April 2013).

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by tiompan : Dunamuck (mid )

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by tiompan : Dunamuck South - fallen standing stones.

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by Creative Commons : The two stones with a view to the dun on Dun Mor and Dunamuck farm. The left hand (south-eastern) stone has a single cup mark about two feet from the ground surface on the other side. Copyright Bob Embleton and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by Creative Commons : One of a pair of standing stones, Dunamuck (central). The south easterly of the pair of stones. On the other side of this one there is a single cup mark. Copyright Bob Embleton and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by Creative Commons : One of a pair of standing stones, Dunamuck (central) The northwesterly of a pair of stones. Copyright Bob Embleton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by Creative Commons : The cup-marked face of a standing stone, Dunamuck. The southeasterly of a pair of standing stones. This face bears one cup mark about 60cm from the ground to the left of centre. To help locate the cup mark I have inserted a 5p coin. Copyright Bob Embleton and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by Aska : A shot from the North, Bridgend and Kilmichael villages can be seen between the 2 stones.

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by SandyG : View from the south highlighting the position of the nearby Dunamuck stone row.

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by SandyG : View from the south highlighting the position of the nearby Dunamuch stone row.

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by SandyG : View from the west after heavy rain.

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by SolarMegalith : Standing stones near Dunamuck Farm in their landscape context (photo taken on April 2013).

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by crannog : Standing on the brow of the brae at Leacalchluaine down towards Dunamuck South, two upright standing stones and in the distance Dunamuck North (wee blue arrow) standing stones, one upright, two fallen.

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by Creative Commons : Standing stones near the River Add Copyright Patrick Mackie and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.

Dunamuck South
Dunamuck South submitted by Creative Commons

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Re: Dunamuck S by davidmorgan on Wednesday, 05 December 2012
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Re: Dunamuck S by Andy B on Wednesday, 29 February 2012
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I think I have put the wrong photos on this page, as this site is supposed to be two prostrate slabs 13- and 10-feet long, lying 10 feet apart.

There are photos of two different standing groups on Geograph so that makes three groups, unless someone has re-erected these two recently and these are them? They don't quite match the description though.
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    Re: Dunamuck S by caradoc68 on Thursday, 01 March 2012
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    Yes Andy these are two site's, no more the a few 100 meters apart.
    NR89SW 24, Leacaichluaine NR 8483 9232. These are the two lying down next to the Cairn, and separated by a wall are=
    NR89SW 27, Dunmuck S, NR 8483 9248. These are the pair of standing stone's.
    These Grid reference's are taken from the RCAHMS website, even though l cross reference between 3-4 websites 'Google earth, Geograph, Megalithic and RCAHMs' I aways end up at RCAHMs database. Please check these for me, as this is a very interesting landscape and i do not want to get it wrong.
    Thanks Andy
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      Re: Dunamuck S by Andy B on Thursday, 01 March 2012
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      OK I've updated the map ref for this pair, which puts them 160m N of your Dunamuck stones / Leacaichluaine and lines them up with what's on the OS map. The Geograph photo contrinbutor was right. Unfortunately Geograph people rarely seem to go beyond what's listed on the OS map. There's such a lot else they miss, like these stones. Thanks.
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      Re: Dunamuck S by tiompan on Thursday, 01 March 2012
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      There are three groups of standing stones at Dunamuck the southern group consists of two recumbent stones , the mid group has two erect stones as does the nothern group plus one recumbent .I'll post some pics .
      george
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