Monument record MHG42063 - Cairn, Stone Hone
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Location
Grid reference | Centred ND 2425 5736 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | ND25NW |
Old County | CAITHNESS |
Civil Parish | WATTEN |
Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Stone Hone (NR) Burial Place of Liotus Earl of Orkney (NAT)
OS 6" map, Caithness, 2nd ed., (1907)
Stone Hone (NR) OS 1:10,000 map, (1975)
The grave of Liot, Earl of Orkney, is said to be at Stenhouse, near the church of Watten.
Orig Paroch Scot 1855
This stone is said to be sepulchral monument on grave of Liotus, Earl of Orkney.
T Pennant 1790
There is a heap of large stones, possibly remains of a cromlech, at Stone Loan, a short distance W of Watten Kirk.
Two of larger stones have some small cup marks.
T S Muir 1885
Stone Hone consists of a cluster of about five large boulders and several smaller stones covering an area 4.5m N-S by 5.5m transversely. The largest boulder, measuring approx 1.5 by 1m and 0.8m high, has five cup marks.
Revised at 1:2500. Visited by OS (R D L) 29 April 1963
Stone Hone is a boss of living rock, 2.7 by 1.7m and 0.9m high, fractured by natural and/or human agency. Some field clearance stones have been piled on and around it. Of the alleged cup marks, only two are man-made hollows which occur on the top of the rock are circular and dish-shaped and do not resemble cup marks. Probably they were cut for some purpose associated with the tradition of the grave (which still exists), or possibly they are simply an act of folly.
Revised at 1:2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 30 April 1982
Stone Hone. Dimensions: 2.7 x 1.7m. A large stone 0.9m high in broken condition, contaiing two man-made hollows, traditionally the burial place of Lict, Earl of Orkney.
R J Mercer, NMRS MS/828/19, 1995
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG2550 Text/Publication/Volume: Muir, T S. 1885. Ecclesiological notes on some of the islands of Scotland. 112.
- --- SHG2615 Text/Publication/Volume: Pennant, T. 1790. Tour of Scotland. 368.
- --- SHG342 Text/Publication/Monograph: OPS. 1855. Origines parochiales Scotiae: the antiquities ecclesiastical and territorial of the parishes of Scotland. 2/2. 783.
- --- SHG3470 Text/Publication/Volume: George Watson. Caithness Chapel Sites.
- --- SHG3762 Image/Photograph(s)/Aerial Photograph: B/W Negative. .
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM