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Erne's Ward
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Erne's Ward
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 216055
Site Number HU31SE 99
NGR HU 385 126
NGR Description HU c.385 126
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/216055
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU31SE 99 c.385 126
HU 385 126 To the NW of the covered reservoir at Erne's Ward, 50m to the W of the nearby main road, an earthfast standing stone stands about 1.3m high at about 80m OD. This stone, a rough slab of the local sandstone, indicates one of the high points of Fair Isle to the SSW with an azimuth of 205o.2 and an elevation of 0o. The declination of this point is -28o.7 corresponding to the lower limb of the setting moon at its southern extreme for the epoch around 2000 BC.
H Exton 2001
