Menhir from Knockstapple

The Menhir of Knockstapple (also called Glenmucklach) stands on the northeast side of Knockstapple (mountain), on the Scottish peninsula of Kintyre , south of Campbeltown in Argyll and Bute .

The menhir ( English standing stone ) stands on a rough pasture. It is 3.2 m high and inclines slightly to the east. The longitudinal axis is oriented roughly north-south. The stone measures 1.8 × 0.6 m near the ground and gradually tapers to a height of 2.4 m with a pronounced shoulder on one side. The top is slightly rounded.

Nearby is Blasthill's Clyde Tomb .

literature

• RCAHMS - The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland: Argyll. An inventory of the ancient monuments. Volume 1: Kintyre. HMSO, Edinburgh 1971, ISBN 0-11-490650-5 .
• 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

• Entry on Knockstapple Menhir  in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
• Description Engl. and picture

Coordinates: 55 ° 21 ′ 6.8 ″  N , 5 ° 37 ′ 31.6 ″  W.