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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
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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