Scheduled Monument
Standing stone 120m NW of White House, Jura / Tursa 120m ITh air An Taigh Geal, DiùraSM4739
Status: Designated
Documents
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The legal document available for download below constitutes the formal designation of the monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979. The additional details provided on this page are provided for information purposes only and do not form part of the designation. Historic Environment Scotland accepts no liability for any loss or damages arising from reliance on any inaccuracies within this additional information.
Summary
- Date Added
- 19/03/1990
- Last Date Amended
- 27/10/2026
- Type
- Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
- Local Authority
- Argyll And Bute
- Planning Authority
- Argyll And Bute
- Parish
- Jura
- NGR
- NR 56011 71719
- Coordinates
- 156011, 671719
Description
The monument comprises the remains of a prehistoric standing stones dating to the Neolithic (4100 BC – 2500 BC) or Bronze Age (2500 BC – 800 BC). The stone is located in a pasture field on the island of Jura, at approximately 40m above sea level.
The stone is roughly triangular in shape and measures 1.22m high by 1.1m wide and 0.3m thick at its base.
The scheduled area is a circle 10m in diameter. It includes the remains described above and an area around within which evidence relating to the monument's construction, use and abandonment is expected to survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map.
Statement of National Importance
The monument contributes significantly to our understanding and appreciation of the past as a single standing stone dating to the Neolithic (4,100 BC – 2,500 BC) or Bronze Age (2,500 BC – 800 BC) which appears to be undisturbed in its original location. The monument has research potential which could significantly contribute to our understanding or appreciation of the past, in particular the standing stone can help us understand religious, ritual and funerary practice at this time in prehistory.
Standing stones can have associated buried assemblages containing a range of important materials such as single artefacts, environmental materials, human remains and material which can be used for radiocarbon dating. This example has the potential to retain such an assemblage, immediately below it and in the area around it.
It is part of a wider group of up to 12 standing stones along the south and east coastlines of Jura – this can help us understand why particular stones were selected and erected in particular locations. The monument makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the prehistoric landscape and there is the potential to study these stones in relation to the surrounding landscape as well as other standing stones in Jura and Scotland more widely, to better understand the chosen location and its use, meaning and significance to prehistoric communities.
References
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