Upper Borgue
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Upper Borgue
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Borgue
Canmore ID 8043
Site Number ND12NW 13
NGR ND 1263 2665
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8043
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND12NW 13 1263 2665.
(ND 1263 2665) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 6" map, (1965)
Out on the moor at Borgue at its northerly end, and about 1/2 mile to the W of the main road to Wick, is a high standing stone. It is a slab rising 12ft 8ins ibove ground, pointed to its upper extremity, 5ft 6ins broad at greatest breadth, 3ft 5ins broad at base and 1ft 8ins in thickness. It faces W by N and E by S.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.
As described above.
Visited by OS (W D J) 23 June 1960
No change to the previous reports.
Visited by OS (R L) 6 March 1968.
No change.
Visited by OS (N K B) 15 November 1982.
