Archaeology Notes

Date 1994

Event ID 696672

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/696672

NR 975 951 (centred on) Two standing stones on the easternmost, shoreside platform of the main alignment were vandalised during June. Both stones which act as pointer stones for observing the sunrise at the summer solstice, were knocked out of their sockets and one of the stones smashed beyond repair. The broken stone has been replaced with a stone of similar dimensions and the intact fallen stone re-erected in its former position. Both stones have been embedded in concrete into their sockets and their packing stones reinstated.

Sponsor: Historic Scotland

F Baker 1994a.

The archive generated by the investigation and reconstruction of the 'standing stones' in 1994 has been catalogued.

Historic Scotland Archive Project