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Latitude: 55.5598 / 55°33'35"N
Longitude: -5.3154 / 5°18'55"W
OS Eastings: 191012
OS Northings: 634555
OS Grid: NR910345
Mapcode National: GBR FG80.L0C
Mapcode Global: WH1MV.BJ25
Entry Name: Machrie Farm,standing stone 1100m NE of
Scheduled Date: 22 July 1987
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4430
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
Location: Kilmory
County: North Ayrshire
Electoral Ward: Ardrossan and Arran
Traditional County: Buteshire
The monument is an impressive standing stone of the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, almost 4000 years old. The stone measures 2.03m high, 1.91m broad and 0.33m thick, oriented E-W. It is likely that a burial lies in the socket of the stone and there is a distinct possibility of associated ritual and funerary activity in the immediate vicinity. An area 40m in diameter is proposed for scheduling.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of its impressive field characteristics, the good preservation of the area immediately around it (in which rarely investigated peripheral remains should survive) and its physical and possible functional relationship with the nearby Machrie Moor ceremonial complex, and the stone setting to the N. It is of national importance to the themes of prehistoric ceremonial and funerary activity.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NR 93 SW 6.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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