Archaeology Notes

Event ID 731238

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/731238

NY29NE 11 2570 9663

(NY 2570 9663) Loupin' Stanes (NAT)

Stone Circle (NR)

OS 6" map (1965).

For Girdle Stanes stone circle (NY 25351 96153), see NY29NE 13.

See also NY29NE 25.

The stone circle known as the 'Loupin' Stanes' consists of 12 stones placed at irregular intervals, of which only 2, A and B on plan are pillars, all the others being simply boulders. The setting, flattened on the W arc, measures 38' N-S by 31' E-W. The flat-topped pillar stones measure 5'4" in height, and the two highest of the smaller stones do not exceed 2', while few reach 1'. The site has been banked up nearly all round from 1' to 1' 6", perhaps with the object of making the interior level.

RCAHMS 1920, visited 1912

This stone circle, situated on a raised and levelled platform, is as described.

Resurveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS (WDJ) 24 August 1962 and (IA) 5 October 1973

No change to previous field report.

Visited by OS (MJF) 1 September 1978.

Scheduled as 'Loupin' Stanes... the remains of a stone circle...'

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 29 October 2010.

Loupin' Stanes

Stone Circle [NAT]

[Location not indicated in detail]

OS (GIS) MasterMap, November 2010.