Menhir from Glenlussa Lodge
The menhir of Glenlussa Lodge stands on the east side of the Scottish Kintyre peninsula , in Peninver, north of Campbeltown in Argyll and Bute .
The menhir ( English standing stone ) is worked into the wall that delimits the east side of the road in front of the Glenlussa Lodge. It is 2.3 m high and measures 1.2 × 0.4 m at the base, with the longer axis oriented northwest-southeast. The top of the stone has a rounded profile sloping from northwest to southeast.
Nearby is the Skeroblin Stone inland.
literature
- Duncan Colville: Notes on the standing stones of Kintyre. (The Chalmers-Jervise Prize essay for 1929). In: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Vol. 64, 1929/1930, pp. 301–321, ( digital version (PDF; 1.55 MB) ).
- Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie: Scotland. Archeology and Early History (= Ancient Places and People. 99). Thames and Hudson Ltd., London 1981, ISBN 0-50002-100-7 .
Web links
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- Entry on Menhir at Glenlussa Lodge in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- Description Engl. and picture
Coordinates: 55 ° 28 ′ 16.6 " N , 5 ° 32 ′ 36" W.