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List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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STANDING STONES [Drumclach, Colonsay] | Standing Stones Standing Stones Standing Stones |
Mr James Mun, Drumclach Mr Duncan McNeill Drumclach Mr Hector McNeill Drumclach |
155 | Two blocks of granite each about 11 feet high, and two feet in diameter, situated about 40 feet apart and about 5 chains N. [North] of Drumclach, in the district of Lower Kilchattan, They are supposed to be very ancient, No further informatio covering them is obtainable. |
STONE CISTS FOUND A.D. 1856 [Drumclach] | Stone Cists found A.D. 1856 Stone Cists found A.D. 1856 Stone Cists found A.D. 1856 |
Mr James Mun Drumclach Mr Duncan McNeill Drumclach Mr Hector McNeill Drumclach |
155 | In 1856 when this ground was in progress of cultivation, three objects constructed of thin slabs of stone So places as to form small chambers about 4 feet long 2 feet wide & 1 foot deep, were discovered about 1 foot under the surface, at point indicated on trace by symbol X when opened they were found empty. They are supposed to have been shore Cists. |
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[Page] 57Parish of Colonsay & Oronsay -- Argyllshire.
[Signature] A. McDonald 2nd Corporal R.E. [Royal Engineers]
Note Old English is written beneath Standing Stones.
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Eleanor Brown
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