Clouduhall Stone

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The Clouduhall Stone (also called Cloddishaugh, Cloddiehaugh, Cloddieha, Stensigar or Kirkie Hill) is a menhir ( English standing stone ), south of St. Margaret's Hope on the Orkney island of South Ronaldsay in Scotland .

The stone is about 2.5 m high, at its widest point 1.35 m wide and 22 cm thick. It seems to be in a hollow with a filled circular ditch in the immediate vicinity, as the ring of dark green grass indicates.

The stone can mark a burial, as indicated by a stone box believed to have been found near its west side a few years ago. According to other sources, a stone box was never found near the stone. The reference probably relates to the stone box that was found in the Cairn about 40.0 m away .

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Coordinates: 58 ° 47 '23.9 "  N , 2 ° 58' 43.2"  W.