Standing Stone on E Side of Burn of Mussetter Eday, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK

Scheduled Monument Description

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The monument consists of a tall standing stone, probably of Bronze Age date, now leaning to one side.

The stone is of local sandstone, and measures 3.2m long. It leans to the NE. It is locally reported that the stone was knocked down, and then replaced in its original socket, in the early years of the present century.

The area to be scheduled is circular, 10m in diameter, centred on the foot of the stone, to include the stone, its packing, and an area around in which evidence relating to its erection and re-erection may survive, as shown in red on the accompanying map.

Scheduled Monument Statement of Significance

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The monument is of national Importance as part of a large group of prehistoric monuments surviving on the moorland of Eday, which is one of the few areas of Orkney where extensive sub-peat archaeological remains have survived. It contributes to the potential of this group of monuments to provide information about Neolithic and Bronze Age land-use and social organisation.

Scheduled Monument References

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The monument is recorded by RCAHMS as HY 53 SE 2.