Forse, Latheron
Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Site Name Forse, Latheron
Classification Stone Circle (Neolithic) - (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 8609
Site Number ND23NW 10
NGR ND 2077 3630
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND23NW 10 2077 3630
(ND 2077 3630) Standing Stones (NR)
OS 6" map, (1959)
Three standing stones, and the base of a fourth, measuring from 3ft 6ins to 4ft 9ins high, 2ft 7ins to 3ft in width and with an average thickness of 1ft 1in. They are rectangular slabs placed at irregular intervals of 18ft 9ins, 25ft, and 53ft from each other and seemingly disturbed from their original positions. It is doubtful if they formed part of a circle.
RCAHMS 1911.
These standing stones, now leaning, are as described by the RCAHMS. Their lack of weathering and their position in rough marshy ground below a rocky scarp suggest that they are not antiquities, although their true purpose cannot be ascertained.
Visited by OS (N K B) 11 May 1967.
(ND 2077 3630) Stones (NAT)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)
A badly damaged, large stone circle, comparable with Latheronwheel Burn (ND13NE 3) and Aulton Broubster (ND05NW 2), having a diameter of about 48m. Only half of the circle is visible.
A Thom, A S Thom and A Burl 1980.
The remains of a stone circle as described by the RCAHMS, and Thom, Thom and Burl.
Revised at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (JM), 22 March 1983.
