Dunamuck

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Dunamuck (also called Dunamuck North and South) are two groups of menhirs , west of the River Add and west of the hamlet of Bridgend, near Lochgilphead in Argyll and Bute in Scotland .

Dunamuck North

Dunamuck North consists of a row of three stones, two of which have fallen over. It is located about 750 m north-northeast of the hamlet of Dunamuck ( location ). The two end stones were once 4.4 m apart, with their longitudinal axes oriented roughly northwest-southeast. The standing northern stone has a height of 2.63 m, a width of 1.35 m and is 0.35 m thick. The fallen stones measure about 3.75 × 0.8 × 0.3 m or 3.0 × m and 1.6 × 0.35 m at the base.

Dunamuck South

Dunamuck South is a pair of stones about 550 m northeast of the hamlet of Dunamuck ( location ). The stones are 0.35 and 0.45 m thick. The northern one is 2.75 meters high and 1.0 m wide; the southern one is about 4.0 meters high and pointed, and 1.5 meters wide at the base. It has a bowl 6.0 cm in diameter and 2.0 cm deep, 0.9 meters from the base. The southeast stone has a single cup mark about two feet from the ground. The two stones seem to be aligned with the hill on which the Hillfort Dunadd was later built.

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literature

  • Marion Campbell, Mary LS Sandeman: Mid Argyll: A field survey of the historic and prehistoric monuments. In: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. 95, 1961/1962, ISSN  0081-1564 , pp. 1–125, ( (PDF; 5.95 MB) ).
  • RCAHMS - The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: Argyll. An inventory of the monuments. Volume 6: Mid-Argyll and Cowal, prehistoric and early historic monuments. HMSO, Edinburgh 1988, ISBN 0-11-493384-7 .

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