Menhir of Uiskentuie

The menhir of Uiskentuie stands near the sea , north of the A847 road , 450 m northwest of Uiskentuie in the south of the isthmus of the Inner Hebridean island of Islay in Scotland .

The cuboid, above top Menhir ( English Standing Stone ) of coarse slate is about 3.0 m high, 1.4 m wide, and m at the base of 0.6 thick.

literature

• Stuart Piggott , Cecily Margaret Piggott: Field work on Colonsay and Islay, 1944–45. In: Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland , vol. 80, 1945-6. P. 100 ( PDF ).
• The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS): Argyll: an inventory of the monuments volume 5: Islay, Jura, Colonsay and Oronsay. Edinburgh 1984.
• Graham Ritchie , Mary Harman: Argyll and the Western Isles, Exploring Scotland's Heritage series Edinburgh 1996.

Web links

• Entry on Uiskentuie Menhir  in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database

Coordinates: 55 ° 47 '16 "  N , 6 ° 19' 4.2"  W.