Buldoo, Latheron
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Buldoo, Latheron
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Latheron, Two Standing Stones
Canmore ID 8660
Site Number ND23SW 7
NGR ND 2000 3369
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND23SW 7 2000 3369
(A: ND 2000 3369; B: ND 1992 3374) Standing Stones (NR) (For 'B', see ND13SE 16.)
(Name omitted from OS 6" map 1959.)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907).
See also ND13SE 16.
A massive standing stone 12ft 8ins in height, quadrangular in section, with a circumference at base of over 12ft, and of 14ft at a height of 7ft; its upper end is pointed. The base appears to be bedded in rock which outcrops nearby.
RCAHMS 1911.
A standing stone, as described by the RCAHMS.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (R L) 6 March 1968.
Scheduled with ND13SE 16 as 'Latheron, two standing stones'.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 31 October 2000.
