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Brodgar Farm
Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Brodgar Farm
Classification Standing Stone(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Lochview; Ness Of Brodgar
Canmore ID 2095
Site Number HY31SW 10
NGR HY 3034 1283
NGR Description HY 3034 1283 and HY 3035 1283
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2095
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Stenness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY31SW 10 3034 1283 (A) and 3035 1283 (B).
(HY 3034 1283) Standing Stones (NR)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed., (1903).
Two standing stones, the northern 9 ft high by 38 ins wide and 16 ins thick, the southern 5 1/2 ft high, 16 ins broad and 16 1/2 ins thick.
RCAHMS 1946, visited August 1928.
The two standing stones are as described by the Commission. The northern stone (A) is at HY 3034 1283: the other (B) is at HY 3035 1283.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 9 May 1966.
A description of this site is made in 'The Orkney Herald', February 21 1906.
M Howe 2006
Orkney Smr Note
About half a mile SE of Ring of Brodgar, close to W side of
public road are two upright stones are 27ft 3in apart, the one
to the N., shows a decided inclination to the NE., and rises 9ft
above the ground, is 38in wide across the broad faces, and 16in
thick. Its companion, which leans to the SW., is 5ft 6in high,
16in broad and 16.5in thick. There are no visible traces of
packing with small stones at the base of either. A short distance
S are traces of a ruined cairn or mound (OR 1377), which is reported to have
yielded a number of relics. Nothing could be learned as to the
nature of these finds. [R1]
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
