Stanesland
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Stanesland
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 308
Site Number HU24NW 2
NGR HU 2152 4889
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Walls And Sandness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU24NW 2 2152 4889.
See also HU24NW 11.
(HU 2149 4890) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1900)
An irregularly shaped standing stone, quadrangular at base, with a girth of 10', and rising to a height of 7' 2".
Its position is somewhat unusual for a prehistoric monument of this kind and it may have been erected as a boundary mark or for some similar purpose.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1931
Standing stone as described.
Visited by OS (R L) 15 June 1968
Scheduled with HU24NW 11 as Stanesland, standing stone and burnt mound.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 20 February 1995.
