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Latitude: 56.3222 / 56°19'19"N
Longitude: -6.2111 / 6°12'39"W
OS Eastings: 139732
OS Northings: 722386
OS Grid: NM397223
Mapcode National: GBR CD10.9TW
Mapcode Global: WGYDB.KCK6
Entry Name: Druim Taoslin, standing stone 120m SE of
Scheduled Date: 29 October 2003
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM10631
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Crosses and carved stones: sculptured stone (not ascribed to a more specific type); Prehistoric ritu
Location: Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon
County: Argyll and Bute
Electoral Ward: Oban South and the Isles
Traditional County: Argyllshire
The monument comprises a standing stone, visible as an upstanding feature in rough pasture at about 40m OD.
This standing stone, though possibly prehistoric in origin and relating to early ritual activities, has also been identified as one of a series of stone pillars traditionally believed to be guide-posts marking the pilgrim way from Green Point to Iona.
The stone comprises a rectangular block of granite, which stands about 2.1m high and measures 0.75m by 0.37m at its base. It is aligned NNW-SSE and has a sloping top, which is highest at the N end.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related material is likely to survive. It is circular in shape with a diameter of 20m, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance whether it was erected in prehistoric or early Christian times. As a prehistoric feature it would have the potential to contribute to an understanding of ritual practices and ceremonial activities in the late third or second millennium BC. As an early Christian pilgrim route marker, it would represent a rare survival of an in situ artefact relating to the early development of Christianity in the west of Scotland.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
The monument is recorded by RCAHMS as NM32SE 1.
Photographic references:
RCAHMS 1976 AG/7745.
References:
Maclauchlan T (1865) 'Notice of monoliths in the Island of Mull', PROC SOC ANTIQ SCOT 5, 49.
RCAHMS (1980a) ARGYLL: AN INVENTORY OF THE MONUMENTS VOLUME 3: MULL, TIREE, COLL AND NORTHERN ARGYLL (EXCLUDING THE EARLY MEDIEVAL AND LATER MONUMENTS OF IONA), Edinburgh: HMSO, 71, No. 116.
Thom A (1967) MEGALITHIC SITES IN BRITAIN, Oxford, 119.
Thom A (1971) MEGALITHIC LUNAR OBSERVATORIES. Oxford, 67, No. M 2/8.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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