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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 726193
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/726193
NX34SE 2 36449 44300
(NX 3644 4430) Standing Stones (NR)
OS 6" map (1957)
The RCAHMS describes three standing stones, two erect and one fallen, within Standing Stone Plantation. The upright stones, which stand 43' apart, face NE-SW and measure 10'1" x 3' x 1'3" and 10'2" x 4'6" x 1'3". The SW stone is considerably tilted. The third stone lies prostrate between the others, 7' from the SW block and at right angles to the alignment. It measures 9' x 4' x 1'9". The ONB states that there were formerly four stones here. Under guardianship.
Name Book 1848; RCAHMS 1912, visited 1911.
As described. There is no trace and no knowledge of a 4th stone in the area.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (I A) 26 January 1973
