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Staney Hill,standing stone 400m NNE of Feolquoy

A Scheduled Monument in West Mainland, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 59.0227 / 59°1'21"N

Longitude: -3.187 / 3°11'13"W

OS Eastings: 331950

OS Northings: 1015673

OS Grid: HY319156

Mapcode National: GBR L4HW.GTV

Mapcode Global: WH69Q.0GPZ

Entry Name: Staney Hill,standing stone 400m NNE of Feolquoy

Scheduled Date: 25 February 1937

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM1390

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone

Location: Birsay and Harray

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: West Mainland

Traditional County: Orkney

Description

John Lackhart and John Yorkstoun, master masons, 1500-1510.

Originally; gatehouse with twin round towers flanked by

D-plan towers all originally with corbelled parapets and

conical roofs with curtain walls, stretching to Princes Tower

and Elphistone Tower both rectangular in plan at angles.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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