Monument record MHG468 - Standing Stone, Beinn Bhan

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Grid reference Centred NM 6591 4926 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NM64NE
Old County ARGYLL
Civil Parish MORVERN
Geographical Area LOCHABER

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Standing Stone (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)

Standing Stone, Beinn Bhan: This basalt monolith, 1.8m in height and 0.6m by 0.5m at the base, stands within a recent forestry plantation, on a site which commands extensive views over Fiunary Forest and the Sound of Mull. Aligned N and S, it is rectangular in section, and rises with straightish sides to a pointed top.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1973; Information from OS (JS) 17 April 1973.

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  • --- Text/Report/Management Plan: Forestry Commission & Historic Scotland. 2008. Beinn Bhan Standing Stone, Morvern. Digital (scanned as PDF).
  • --- Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1980. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 3: Mull, Tiree, Coll and Northern Argyll (excluding the early medieval and later monuments of Iona). . 66, No. 93.

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Mar 31 2008 4:13PM

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