OS1/2/8/34
List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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STANDING STONE [nr Inveraray Castle] | Standing Stone | New Stat. [Statistical] Account Mr. Robertson - factor Revd. [Reverend] Mr. McPherson P.M. [Parish Minister] |
133 | A rude stone which stands about 8 feet from the ground. It is referred to in "Historical Records" as something commemorative of Druidical times. Viewed from the "Castle" its situation is southwards and not far from the same. |
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[Page] 34Ph. [Parish] of Inveraray. -- Argyllshire
[Note]
"A large stone, resembling the relics of
Druidical times, stands in the lawn close
to the Castle. There is no tradition regarding
it, farther than that it marked at one point
the boundary between the lands of McIvors
& McVicars." New Stat [Statistical] Account
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