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Ballymeanoch standing stones is a Bronze Age monument comprising multiple upright stones set within the landscape of Argyllshire in western Scotland. The stones remain in their original positions, forming part of the broader tradition of standing stone erection that characterised the Bronze Age across Scotland. The site lies upon bedrock formed from the Argyll Group, a sequence of metamorphic rocks including marble and meta-limestone dating to the Neoproterozoic, which gave the surrounding landscape its distinctive white and pale grey character visible in local stone exposures.
The monument stands approximately 450 metres north-west of a reference point marked on historical surveys, situated within terrain shaped by glacial activity during the Quaternary period. The pale metamorphic bedrock surrounding the site would have been familiar to Bronze Age communities, who selected local stone sources for other monuments and structures across the region. The choice of this particular location reflects Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial patterns in Argyllshire.
The standing stones are protected by Historic Environment Scotland under the designation SM4301, ensuring their preservation as important evidence of Bronze Age ritual and social practice. The monument contributes to understanding the distribution of ceremonial sites across the Argyll peninsula during the second and early first millennia before the Common Era.
Ballymeanoch, standing stones 450m NW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4301. View the official record →
Ballymeanoch standing stones is a Bronze Age monument comprising multiple upright stones set within the landscape of Argyllshire in western Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM4301.
Ballymeanoch, standing stones 450m NW of dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a standing stones. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Ballymeanoch, standing stones 450m NW of 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 SM4301.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carn Ban, cairn, Cairnbaan (5.7 km), Achnabreck,prehistoric rock carvings 370m NNE of (6.2 km), Achnabreck,standing stone 275m SSW of (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Ballymeanoch, standing stones 450m NW of's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Ballymeanoch, standing stones 450m NW of stands on Argyll Group, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is marble, meta-limestone.