Coll, Totronald
Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Coll, Totronald
Classification Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 21553
Site Number NM15NE 15
NGR NM 1665 5597
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Coll
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NM15NE 15 1665 5597.
(NM 1665 559 ) Stone Circle (NR) (Remains of)
OS 6"map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)
Standing Stones (NR)
OS 1"map, (1963)
Two standing stones, said to be the remains of a stone circle.
Name Book 1878.
From their relative positions, it is evident that these standing stones, which are called Na Sgialaichean (H MacDougall and H Cameron 1937) never formed part of any circle, and local tradition states that they are ancient burial-marks. The two stones stand N-S, 46' apart. That to the N is gable- shaped, about 5' high, with a very slight mound to its S. The other is more irregular, and 6' high.
Mann (L M Mann 1922) mentions cup marks on a monolith on Coll; though not visited by Morris (R W B Morris 1969) , he quotes information from Prof. Thom, stating that a cup is carved on the top edge of a standing stone at NM 165 560 (Presumably one of the two described above)
E Beveridge 1903; L M Mann 1922; R W B Morris 1969; H MacDougal and H Cameron 1937.
Two standing stones, each with a packing of stones at the base, generally as described. The name "Na Sgialaichean" is still known locally.
The N stone meaures 1.6m high, 1.3m wide and 0.3m thick. A partly turf-covered collection of stones and earth, c. 2.0m across and c. 0.2m high, lies against the S side.
The S stone is 1.6m high, 1.4m wide at the base and 0.4m thick. No cup marks are evident on either stone, but on the top of the S stone is a possibly artificial hole, 4 cms diameter and 5 cms deep, probably the alleged cup mark of Morris.
Visited by OS (R L) 18 June 1972.
Two standing stones, situated on the crest of a ridge. The artificial depression on the top of the southern stone is probably of comparatively recent date.
RCAHMS 1980, visited 1974.
