Eday, Southside
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Eday, Southside
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 3113
Site Number HY52NE 1
NGR HY 5615 2922
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3113
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Eday
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY52NE 1 5615 2922.
(HY 5615 2922) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1900).
An irregular monolith 5'3" high, and packed at base where it is 2'2" broad on the north and 18" thick on the east and heavily mutilated on the west when it was thrown down by the tenant in preparation for breaking up and removal, but restored to its original position on the instructions of the proprietor.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1928.
A standing stone as described by RCAHMS.
Visited by OS(RL) 23 July 1970.
In a field immediately E of the road to Greentoft Bay there is a standing stone 1.6m high. It is said to have been thrown down and re-erected some years before 1928.
Visited September 1982.
RCAHMS 1946; RCAHMS 1984.
