Barnhouse Stone
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Barnhouse Stone
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Barn Stone; Stone Of Odin; Bridge Of Brodgar
Canmore ID 2097
Site Number HY31SW 12
NGR HY 3127 1217
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2097
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Stenness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY31SW 12 3127 1217
See also HY31SW 1, HY31SW 11, HY31SW 61, HY31SW 62.
(HY 3127 1217) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed., (1903).
The 'Barnhouse Stone' stands some 10 1/2ft high by about 7ins thick. It expands upwards, from 3ft 8ins wide at the base to 6 ft wide, about 8 ft above the ground.
(Scheduled as the 'Barn Stone').
RCAHMS 1946, visited 10 August 1928.
Barnhouse Stone (locally accepted name) is as described by the Commission.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 10 May 1966.
Orkney Smr Note
The 'Barnhouse Stone' is about 10ft 6in high and is set up
with its major axis nearly NW and SE with its broader end
uppermost. Its width at the base is 3ft 8in, but at 5ft above the
ground it is 5ft 2in, and at its broadest part, about 8ft above
ground, almost 6ft. The thickness averages about 7in. There are
no traces of packing, nor any traces of sculpturings on the
surface.
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]