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Poltalloch is a Bronze Age standing stone located approximately 500 metres west-south-west of East Lodge in Argyllshire, Scotland. The monument consists of a single upright stone, typical of Bronze Age ritual or territorial markers erected across the Scottish landscape during the second millennium before the common era. Such standing stones frequently served ceremonial, funerary, or landscape demarcation functions within prehistoric communities. The stone remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and monumental practice in the Argyll region.
Poltalloch,standing stone 500m WSW of East Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM224. View the official record →
Poltalloch is a Bronze Age standing stone located approximately 500 metres west-south-west of East Lodge in Argyllshire, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM224.
Poltalloch,standing stone 500m WSW of East Lodge dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a standing stone 500m wsw of east lodge. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Poltalloch,standing stone 500m WSW of East Lodge is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM224.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carn Ban, cairn, Cairnbaan (5.5 km), Gartnagreanoch, chambered cairn, Knapdale (6.3 km), Loch Coille-Bharr, enclosure 220m NW of, Knapdale (6.4 km).
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