What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bute, Meikle Kilmory 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, the standing stones at Meikle Kilmory may have been part of a ritual or ceremonial landscape. Their purpose could have been linked to astronomical observations, territorial markers, or ancestral worship, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.
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Places near here
Bute, Meikle KilmoryBuilding (19th Century), Well (period Unassigned) · 213 yd
Bute, Little Kilmory CottageBuilding (18th Century), Smallholding (18th Century) · 824 yd
Kilmory HillMountain / peak · 837 yd
St Ninian's BayBay · 1170 yd
StraadSettlement (prehistoric) · 1425 yd
Bute, St Ninian's BayBreakwater (18th Century) · 1485 yd
Quien HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Auchintirrie WoodForest · 1.3 mi
Quien PlantationForest · 1.4 mi
ArdscalpsieNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.8 mi
InchmarnockIsland · 2.0 mi