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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 704802
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/704802
NS68SE 1 65705 83932
Two standing stones, known as the Machar Stones, are situated 1/2 mile ENE of Waterhead farm. The more northerly stone, of irregular rectangular section, is almost prostrate, measuring 7'6" in length and 3' by 2'6" at the medial point. The other stone, standing immediately to the S, is slab-shaped, measuring 5' high, 2' thick, and varying in width between 2'8" at ground level, 3'8" at a point 2' above this, and 2' at the top.
J G Smith 1896; RCAHMS 1963, visited 1954.
NS 6570 8393. These two large standing stones, which are as described above, are situated on a hillock in the midst of a moor which has recently been planted with fir trees. The stones are 1.8m apart, and aligned NNE-SSW. A few loose stones lie around their bases.
Visited by OS (JLD) 26 March 1957
Two standing stones, generally as described, situated on a hillock in a fire break. The leaning stone has seven cup marks on its underside, the largest being 0.02m in diameter x 0.01m deep.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (SFS) 20 November 1975
Scheduled as Waterhead, two standing stones.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 10 November 2001.
