Lunning
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Lunning
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 1316
Site Number HU56NW 3
NGR HU 50606 66741
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1316
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Nesting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (4 July 1933)
Standing Stone, Lunning. A little to the E. of the point where the public road ends at the township of Lunning, and just outside a cottage garden, is a somewhat irregularly shaped standing-stone of quartz conglomerate, set up with its major axis E. and W. It rises to a height of 6 ft. and measures 3 ft. 6 in. across the broad faces at the base, with an average thickness of 1 ft. 5 in. It tapers towards the top.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 4 July 1933.
Field Visit (31 May 1968)
HU56NW 3 5058 6675.
At HU 5058 6675, a standing stone as described.
Visited by OS(RL) 31st May 1968.
