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Latitude: 60.1853 / 60°11'7"N
Longitude: -1.5301 / 1°31'48"W
OS Eastings: 426164
OS Northings: 1144639
OS Grid: HU261446
Mapcode National: GBR Q1KT.KLX
Mapcode Global: XHD31.G8L3
Entry Name: Sotersta,standing stone
Scheduled Date: 3 March 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5630
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
Location: Sandsting
County: Shetland Islands
Electoral Ward: Shetland West
Traditional County: Shetland
The monument consists of a single standing stone.
The stone is of sandstone, 1.7m high by 1m wide at its base, elongated N-S. It stands on a small knoll, and has been incorporated in the west gable of a small drystone building, now ruined.
The area to be scheduled is circular, 10m in diameter, to include the stone, the derelict building, and an area around in which evidence relating to the erection of the stone may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a single standing stone, possibly of Bronze Age date (there is a much reduced burnt mound nearby), which is apparently undisturbed in its original location, having for many years been incorporated in a later building. Evidence for the date and mode of erection of the stone may survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as HU24SE 6.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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