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Field Visit
Date 4 August 1935
Event ID 1129135
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1129135
Cairn (or mound), Pettigarths Field, Isbister.
This low grass-covered mound (Fig.580) is situated in Pettigarths Field, to the N. of Isbister, and not far from the E. shore of the island. In so far as it can be measured, the diameter of the mound is about 32 ft. The S. and S.E. portion of the circumference is marked out by an alinement of stones set on end or on edge, while other stones are set in the mound itself-in the centre, on a line running N. and S., a pair of uprights 3 ft. and3 ft. 2 in. high respectively and 2 ft. 6 in. apart; a single upright 8 ft. 6 in. W. and another 3 ft. 6 in. E. of the S. member of the pair; and finally two stones on edge which combine with the others to suggest the outline of some construction in the centre of the mound. The alinements of stones to be seen nearer the sea are probably the foundations of old walls.
This monument seems to be known locally as the "Standing Stones of Yoxie."
RCAHMS 1946, visited 4 August 1935·
