Ballinaby (North)

Standing Stone / Menhir
NR22106739

Nearest town:

Lochgilphead (66km ENE)

OS reference:

NR22106739

OS sheet:

Latitude:

55° 49' 10.35 N

Longitude:

6° 26' 14.11 W

Added to TMA by

drewbhoy

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Fieldnotes (1)
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Images

Image of Ballinaby (North) (Standing Stone / Menhir) by drewbhoy

Straight north.

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drewbhoy Sep 26, 2018

Crouching behind the stone, the view north.

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drewbhoy Sep 26, 2018

Ballinaby Pond, and further north the sea.

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drewbhoy Sep 26, 2018

With its big brother to the south.

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drewbhoy Sep 26, 2018

Loch Gorm to the south.

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An Carnan behind.

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drewbhoy Sep 26, 2018

Articles

Ballinaby (North)

Standing Stone / Menhir

drewbhoy Jan 26, 2019

Just to the north of the very tall stone at Ballinaby sits another standing stone, originally three stood but two remain. Attempts have been made to move this stone but it still stands. Sadly these attempts have done damage.

It has been broken and now stands at 2m in height, fair enough, but Canmore says the stone is 3m wide, I would say no more than 1.5m. Perhaps something has fallen and it has been removed. One thing for sure was that these stones indicated a safe harbour which there is – Traigh Fleisgein Bheag.

Once again a beautiful place.

Visited 1/8/2018.

Ballinaby (North)

Standing Stone / Menhir

markj99 May 8, 2021

Canmore ID 37386 (go to Links) estimates the girth of the stone to be 3m at the base, girth being the distance round the perimeter of an object.
Although I didn’t measure this on my visit the estimate seems reasonable to me.