MHG1915 - Standing Stone, Latheron

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Type and Period (1)

STANDING STONE (Bronze Age - 2400 BC to 551 BC)

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Scheduled Monument 461: Latheron, 2 standing stones

Full Description

(A: ND 2000 3369; B: ND 1992 3374) Standing Stones (NR) (For 'B', see ND13SE 16.) (Name omitted from OS 6" map 1959.)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)

A massive standing stone 12ft 8ins in height, quadrangular in section, with a circumference at base of over 12ft, and of 14ft at a height of 7ft; its upper end is pointed. The base appears to be bedded in rock which outcrops nearby.
RCAHMS 1911.

A standing stone, as described by the RCAHMS.
Revised at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R L) 6 March 1968.

Sources/Archives (1)

--- SHG2664 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Third report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Caithness. . 79, No. 288.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 2000 3369 (10m by 10m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND23SW
Civil Parish	LATHERON
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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External Links (2)

http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM461 (Online designation description (Historic Environment Scotland))
https://canmore.org.uk/site/8660 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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