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Hill o'Many Stanes,stone rows

A Scheduled Monument in Wick and East Caithness, Highland

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Coordinates

Latitude: 58.3286 / 58°19'42"N

Longitude: -3.205 / 3°12'17"W

OS Eastings: 329526

OS Northings: 938413

OS Grid: ND295384

Mapcode National: GBR L6GQ.6JS

Mapcode Global: WH6DZ.RX0M

Entry Name: Hill o'Many Stanes,stone rows

Scheduled Date: 27 September 1934

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM90162

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone rows

Location: Latheron

County: Highland

Electoral Ward: Wick and East Caithness

Traditional County: Caithness

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance because of its potential to contribute to an understanding of prehistoric ritual practice and belief and because it is an outstanding example of a type of monument unique to only a few places in northern Europe.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Sources

Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as ND23NE 6.

References:

Thom A, Thom A S and Burl A 1990, STONE ROWS AND STANDING STONES BRITAIN, IRELAND AND BRITTANY, Brit Archaeol Rep Int Ser 560, Oxford, 284-5.
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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