Brecks Hill
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Brecks Hill
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 767
Site Number HU35SW 4
NGR HU 33265 52940
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/767
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU35SW 4 3326 5293.
(HU 3326 5294) Standing Stone (OE)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1903).
A huge, irregular, schistose block, with a girth of about 9'. It may originally have stood as much as 12' 6" high, for it does not seem to have been deeply embedded and the three portions into which it has been broken, since it was thrown down, are respectively 7'9", 3'2" and 18" long.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1931.
As described by the RCAHM.
Visited by OS(NKB) 7th June 1968.
Field Visit (25 June 1931)
Standing Stone, Brecks Hill.
This stone has been a huge schistose block of irregular outline, with a girth of about 9 ft. It may originally have stood as much as 12 ft. 6 in. high, for it does not appear to have been deeply embedded and the three portions into which it has been broken, since it was thrown down, are respectively 7 ft. 9 in., 3 ft. 2 in., and 18 in. long.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 25 June 1931.
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1903).
