Glengorm

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Glengorm

Glengorm (also Glen Gorm) is a stone setting (also known as a row of stones ) west of Glengorm Castle in the north of the Isle of Mull , an island in the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute in Scotland .

Glengorm

It is a triangular stone setting from which two stones were (improperly) erected again. According to Canmore, there was only a standing menhir here in the 18th century . The other two were not set up again until 1942. The low curb circle around them was added when the two stones were erected. All three stones are over 2.0 m high.

The place was excavated. The northern stone appears to have been re-erected near its original position, while the southern stone has been moved to be wedged in a crevice in the bedrock. The original orientation does not show the tendency of other locations in the region.

A clay pipe marked "George V" was found near the northern stone. Other finds were flint , chalk, and quartz pebbles , some of which were vitrified by intense heat. A small charcoal pit was found near the central stone and burned bones were found southwest of the northern stone.

Glengorm was originally called Sorne. In 1850, James Forsyth was looking for a new name for his property. One of the few remaining tenants in the country suggested Glengorm, which means “Blue Valley”.

Nearby are the stone fort Dun Ara and the Broch An Sean Dun.

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literature

  • Roger Martlew, Clive Ruggles: Mull, Glengorm (Kilninian & Kilmore parish), standing stones, flints, pit, cremated bone, clay pipe. In: Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 1987, ISSN  0419-411X , p. 42, ( digital version (PDF; 3.54 MB) ).
  • The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS): Mull, Tiree, Coll Northern Argyll (excluding the Early Medieval later monuments of Iona) (= Report. An Inventory of the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. 21 = Argyll . An Inventory of the Acient Monuments. Vol. 3). HMSO, London et al. 1980, ISBN 0-11-491591-1 , p. 68, no. 105 fig. 44.

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Coordinates: 56 ° 38 '7.8 "  N , 6 ° 11' 6.1"  W.