MHG13756 - Standing Stone - Yarrows
Summary
No summary available.
Type and Period (2)
- (Alternate Type) STANDING STONE (Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 551 BC?)
- BOUNDARY STONE (Post Medieval - 1560 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
- None recorded
Full Description
ND 3047 4214 Standing Stone
A flat slab 1.5m high by 0.7m wide and used as a boundary stone.
OSFI: ISS: 13.03.1972
ND 305 422 Standing Stone: height 1.7m width 0.53m. Supported by a cairn of smaller stones. Situated next to a fallen stone 2.9m long by 0.73m wide. <1>
This stone stands on the parish boundary between Latheron to the SW and Wick to the NE, but local tradition suggests that it was erected in the 19th century by Thrumster estate to mark the highest point on the SW part of its march. The stone is a slab of sandstone measuring 0.7m from NW to SE by 80mm transversely and 1.7m in height. At ground-level the stone is rather thicker, measuring 0.2m in thickness, and possibly indicating that a large part of its SW face has broken away. Immediately SE of the stone there is a larger slab of sandstone from which the erect stone may have been quarried.
(YARROWS04 030)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 13 May 2004
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Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 3047 4213 (10m by 10m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND34SW |
| Civil Parish | LATHERON |
| Civil Parish | WICK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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External Links (1)
- https://canmore.org.uk/site/86246/warehouse (Link to online HES Canmore record)
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