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Latitude: 58.4236 / 58°25'24"N
Longitude: -3.4118 / 3°24'42"W
OS Eastings: 317639
OS Northings: 949228
OS Grid: ND176492
Mapcode National: GBR K6YG.FVV
Mapcode Global: WH6DH.KJKR
Entry Name: Halsary,standing stones 450m WNW of and 620m NW of
Scheduled Date: 10 February 1992
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5301
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
Location: Watten
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness
Traditional County: Caithness
This monument consists of 2 standing stones which have been left in clearings in a forestry plantation. The S stone is a grey schistose slab, now split vertically into 3 portions and leaning slightly to the SE. It faces NW-SE and measures 1.4m high by 0.8m to 1m broad and 0.4m thick. The stone sits in a hollow about 0.3m deep and a number of packing stones are visible around the base.
The N stone is about 0.6m high, 0.7m broad and 0.3m thick. This stone is set in a low and ill-defined mound. The two areas to be scheduled measure 10m in diameter, to include the stones and areas around both stones in which traces of activities associated with their erection may survive, as shown in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
These monuments are of national importance for their potential contribution to an understanding of prehistoric ritual beliefs. The stones are set in thick peat and significant archaeological remains may survive in the area around the base of both stones.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as ND 14 NE 2 and 3
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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