Monument record MHG2297 - Possible Standing Stone, Airigh Bheag
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 2129 4364 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND24SW |
| Old County | CAITHNESS |
| Civil Parish | WATTEN |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Standing Stone (NR) OS 6" map, (1959)
A stone 7ft long and 1ft 6ins broad. (Not in RCAHMS inventory.)
Name Book 1871.
Situated at ND 2129 4365 in a peat bog is a rectangular pillar now leaning towards W. it measures 1.5m long, 0.4m broad and 0.3m wide, and it does not have the weathered look of a standing stone. Its purpose cannot be ascertained but it is probably not an antiquity.
Surveyed at 1:10,000. Visited by OS (I S S) 14 April 1972.
Stone (NAT) OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
There is no obvious reason why this stone can not be a prehistoric monument.
NMRS MS/645, p.3.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG1139 Text/Publication/Article: Harden and Harvey, J and D. 1990. 'Munsary (Watten parish), survey', Discovery and Excavation in Scotland 1990, p.22. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. 22. 22.
- --- SHG3342 Text/Publication/Volume: Name Book (County). Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey. Book No. 12, 189; illust.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
