Yahaarwell

Standing Stone, Yahaarwell, Wester Skeld.

The monolith shown in the illustration (Fig. 645) is a conspicuous object on the hillside of Yahaarwell, nearly half a mile S.E. of the township of Wester Skeld. It is a coarse three-sided block of red granitic stone, rising about 8 ft. 10 in. above the ground and tapering gradually upwards from the base, round which it has been loosely packed. At 2 ft. from the surface it measures 6 ft. across the broadest or S. face. A number of years ago six stone "knives" were found in a row beside it (1).

RCAHMS 1946, visited 22 June 1931.

(1) Mem. Anthrop. Soc. Land., ii (1865-6), p.318

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed. (1903)

HU34SW 2 3005 4332.

(HU 3003 4333) Standing Stone (OE)

OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed. (1903)

Standing stone as described and illustrated by RCAHMS. Another similar stone 9.0m. to the N, now prostrate, is believed locally to have once stood upright and been pushed over in the last century. Probably similar to other double standing stones in Shetland (See HU35NW 3). No further information regarding 'knives'.

Revised at 6"

Visited by OS(RL) 10 June 1968