Westeron Description of stone
Event ID 1036348
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
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Westerton, Aberlemno, Angus, incised stone
Measurements: H 1.4m, W 1.00m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 5364 5210
Present location: in situ in a field at Westerton.
Evidence for discovery: first recorded in the mid nineteenth century.
Present condition: weathered.
Description
This appears to be a prehistoric standing stone of dumpy proportions, for there are cupmarks on the top. Faint traces survive on its south-west face of an incised upright human figure, about 0.9m high.
Date range: possibly early medieval.
Primary references: Simpson 1868, 15; Fraser 2008, no 72.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
