What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cnoc Pollphail, Low Stillaig as Standing Stone(s) (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, Cnoc Pollphail is thought to have functioned as a territorial marker or ceremonial site. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with protective or spiritual significance, though specific traditions for this site are not well documented.
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Places near here
standing stoneArchaeological place · 28 yd
Low StillaigCup Marked Stone (prehistoric) · 404 yd
Pollphail VillageGraffiti(s) (21st Century), Industrial Village (20th Century), Mural(s) (21st Century) · 751 yd
PortavadieBreakwater (period Unassigned) · 1028 yd
Eilean BuidheIslet · 1.1 mi
Sgat MòrIslet · 1.1 mi
Castle AsgogMasons Mark (medieval), Tower House (medieval) · 1.6 mi
Creag an FhasgaidhMountain / peak · 2.5 mi
Beinn SitheagMountain / peak · 2.5 mi
TighnabruaichNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.1 mi
East Loch TarbertBay · 3.7 mi
Tarbert CastleRuins · 3.9 mi