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Watten

Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Site Name Watten

Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 8780

Site Number ND25SW 11

NGR ND 2444 5436

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Watten
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND25SW 11 2444 5436

(ND 2444 5436) Standing Stone (NR)

OS 1:10,000 map, (1976)

About 50 years ago there were another two stones standing near the present one; they were removed for building purposes about that time. A third stone is still barely visible above the surface. This has no doubt fallen over and gradually been embedded in the soil. These stones were all within a few feet of each other.

Name Book 1871

Standing Stone, Watten: A pointed boulder, 4ft 9ins high, roughly quadrangular, 3ft by 2ft. Another stone is recorded as having stood near it.

RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910

This unmarked standing stone measures 0.9 by 0.7m and 1.7m high. No information was obtained regarding the other stones.

Visited by OS (W D J) 29 April 1963

No change to the previous field report.

Visited by OS (J M) 9 March 1982

Standing stone, Watten. Height: 1.7m. Upright stone 0.9m wide and 0.7m thick standing in an area of cultivation.

R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995

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