Menhirs of Stanerandy

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Coordinates: 59 ° 7 '44.6 "  N , 3 ° 16'53.7"  W.

Relief Map: Orkney
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The menhirs of Stanerandy (also called Stanerandy Stones, Stanerandy Tumulus or Stane Randa) stand east of Birsay , near Finstown on the Orkney island of Mainland in Scotland .

Menhirs of Stanerandy

The menhirs of Stanerandy stand about 2.0 m apart, on a small, badly damaged cairn about 2.0 m high . The space between them is largely filled with smaller reading stones , so that the original shape and size of the hill cannot be recognized. The mound is on a ridge and is likely a cairn to which the two stones were later added.

The northwest stone is 1.6 m high, 68 cm wide at the base, tapers to 41 cm and is up to 23 cm thick.

The southeast stone is a 0.6 m high stump. The width (at the base) is 66 cm and the average thickness is 17 cm.

literature

  • J. Fraser: Antiquities of Birsay Parish , Proc Orkney Antiq Soc, Vol. 3, 1924-5.
  • RCAHMS: The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. Twelfth report with an inventory of the ancient monuments of Orkney and Shetland , Edinburgh 1946.

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