Kilmartin Monuments
SCRAN
Name: Kintraw Kintraw
Type: Standing Stone
NGR: NM 830049
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Description
Single standing stone, part of a group of monuments comprising two cairns and what may be a prehistoric enclosure. The stone stands betwen the two cairns. May have had significance in astronomical observations in prehistoric times.
Excavation Details
Stone fell winter 1978-9 and stone-hole excavated 1979, no foundation deposit revealed. Stone re-erected and set in concrete plinth, no longer aligned on original axis. re-erect
Access / Ownership
This site is on private land and permission should be sought.
Published References
  • Campbell & Sandeman, 14, no.88
  • PSAS, 99 (1966-7), 54-9
  • Philisophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, A 276 (1974), 178-94
  • Patrick, J, "A reassessment of the solisicial observatories at Kintraw & Ballochroy" in Ruggles & Whittle (eds.) "Astronomy and Society in Britain during the period 4000-1500 BC"
  • BAR 88 (1981), 211-19
  • Antiquity, 56 (1982), 50-1
  • McCreery, "Observations at Kintraw" in Heggie (ed) "Archaeoastronomy in the Old World" 1982, 183-90
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