MHG52918 - Stone setting, Latheronwheel

Summary

A setting of stones in a slight arc.

Type and Period (2)

STONE SETTING? (Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 551 BC?)
STONE ALIGNMENT? (Neolithic to Late Bronze Age - 4000 BC? to 551 BC?)

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Full Description

An east-west aligned, horse-shoe shaped stone-setting of five stones set in a slight arc and three further stones running from the each end. Partially grass-covered with dimensions 3 x 3m. <1>

Sources/Archives (1)

<1> SHG1958 Text/Report/Fieldwork Report: Batey, C E. 1984. Caithness Coastal Survey 1980-82: Dunnet Head to Ousdale. University of Durham, Department of Archaeology. 30/01/1984. Digital (scanned as PDF). LAT 268.

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Location

Grid reference	Centred ND 1859 3218 (10m by 10m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND13SE
Civil Parish	LATHERON
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Part of: Multi-period Settlement And Landuse, Latheronwheel (Landscape) (MHG1161)

Related Investigations/Events (1)

Field survey - Caithness Coastal Survey 1980-82 (EHG405)

External Links (1)

https://canmore.org.uk/site/8153 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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