Rows of stones from Battle Moss

The stone rows of Battle Moss (Engl. Battle Moss Stone Rows or hole Of Yarrows ) are located on the eastern shore of Loch of Yarrows in Ulbster in Caithness in Scotland . The rows of stones are about 7 km north of the most famous of these Scottish monuments, the Hill o 'Many Stanes .

This is one of 23 such monuments in Scotland , typical of Caithness and Sutherland . The stone rows of Battle Moss consist of eight roughly parallel rows of stones no more than 50 cm high and originally consisted of a total of at least 160 stones, of which about 100 have been preserved.

The monument is under protection and is signposted from the A99.

Nearby are the three Battle Moss Cairns.

See also

• Rows of stones in Scotland

literature

• Kenneth Brophy, Andrew Baines, Amelia Pannett: Megalith-Overkill: multiple stone rows of Caithness and Sutherland. 2013 University of Glasgow

Web links

• Description Engl. Pictures and sketch
• Canmore description engl. plan

Coordinates: 58 ° 22 '44.5 "  N , 3 ° 10' 35"  W.