North Bilbster
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name North Bilbster
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) North Bylbster
Canmore ID 8760
Site Number ND25SE 11
NGR ND 2829 5381
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Wick
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND25SE 11 2829 5381.
(ND 2829 5381) Standing Stone (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
Standing Stone, North Bilbster: This is a granitic, evidently ice-borne, boulder 8ft 6ins high and about 4ft 8ins thick. It has been pointed towards its top, possibly artificially.
RCAHMS 1911.
This stone is as described above. It is probably an erratic, but it has been set up as is evident from the number of packing stones round its base.
Visited by OS (W D J) 25 April 1963.
As described and illustrated.
Visited by OS (N K B) 29 April 1982
Standing stone, North Bilbster. Height: 2.5m. Upright stone situated on the edge of a terrace overlooking the floodplain.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995.
Scheduled as North Bilbster, standing stone.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 23 January 2002.
