Auskerry
Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Auskerry
Classification Standing Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 3283
Site Number HY61NE 7
NGR HY 6769 1616
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Stronsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY61NE 7 6769 1616
At HY 6769 1616 is a broken standing stone facing N-S, with the top section lying prostrate close by to the N.
The stump measures 0.9m high by 1.7m long by a little over 0.1m thick, but when intact would have been about 2.4m high.
Visited by OS (AA), 4 August 1970.
On the eastern shoulder of the island is the stump and recumbent upper part of a standing stone aligned E-W; it was originally some 2.4m high, 1.7m wide and 0.1m thick.
RCAHMS 1984, visited August 1983.
