Archaeology Notes

Event ID 641080

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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HU24SE 6 2616 4464.

(HU 2616 4463) Standing Stone (NR)

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1903).

A large, irregularly shaped, sandstone block, 5'3" high by 3' 3" broad at base, standing on a knoll, with its main axis N-S. The stone has been incorporated in the west gable of a small building.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931.

Beside the stone recorded by the Commission, there are two others, the one 60yds., the other 80yds., from the first, the three being roughly parallel to the shore.

J Stewart 1957.

At HU 2615 4464 is the standing stone described by the Commission. The first stone mentioned by Stewart, at HU 2617 4462, is a large boulder, not a standing stone. The second of Stewart's stones at HU 2622 4461, is a rough upright stone c.0.7m high with a packing of stones at its base, and may be a standing stone.

Visited by OS (RL) 11 June 1968.

Scheduled as Sotersta, standing stone.

Information from Historic Scotland, 3 March 1993.