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<< Our Photo Pages >> Appiehouse - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Orkney

Submitted by howar on Saturday, 05 May 2007  Page Views: 6825

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Appiehouse
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Finstown  Nearest Village: Dounby
Map Ref: HY32621620
Latitude: 59.027505N  Longitude: 3.175477W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Appiehouse
Appiehouse submitted by howar : Appiehouse stone reduced further ? (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Orkney. This stone is decribed in P.O.A.S. volume I as the N/S aligned 4' by 4' remnant of a larger standing stone. But RCAHMS NMRS record describes this stone as being at the top of the mound and measuring 2'9" by 3'3" and 6½" thick.

Its shape is triangular, which the P.O.A.S. account would surely have mentioned. This isn't necessarily a contradiction, as the photo on the record card in the Orkney Room shows it as only roughly triangular after a little height is reached. And one side of the triangle is a curve strongly reminiscent of a bulb of percussion (IIRC the term), which could mean that it was broken a little in between accounts.
On the road to Dounby coming up the stone is hidden fom view until you have passed level with the very top of the mound, and is plainly visible from the Dounby side. At some time it has undergone further damage as now all that survives above the grass is the rectangular area of the lower portion.
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Appiehouse submitted by howar : N/S aligned stone viewed from above. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Appiehouse submitted by howar : N/S aligned stone viewed from east side (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Appiehouse submitted by howar : N/S aligned stone viewed from west side (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Appiehouse submitted by howar : mound from near top of Stoneyhill Road - set in landscape ?? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Appiehouse
Appiehouse submitted by howar : possible tiny mounds as raised circularities

Appiehouse
Appiehouse submitted by howar : stone in situ

Appiehouse
Appiehouse submitted by howar : mound from direction of farm

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Re: Appiehouse by coldrum on Sunday, 04 April 2010
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Re: Appiehouse by howar on Tuesday, 24 July 2007
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The field is named Stenso from stens-a 'standing stone burn'. Today the open gate gave entry. I found a N/S aligned stone of the correct length at the top of the hill. It projects less than it is thick i.e. 6" or less. If this is the stone it has become further reduced this last couple of months, if not then it is previously unrecorded. I had my photos but a tractor man ordered me off before I could take measure of the thing. He said that I wasn't allowed and the land was private
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Re: Appiehouse by howar on Thursday, 19 July 2007
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name of field Stenso, naming stone
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Re: Appiehouse by howar on Saturday, 05 May 2007
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Alas the presence of sheep in such a relatively small space meant I couldn't check inside the field to confirm or deny the apparent further reduction in height. On the northern side there is a big dip with a steep rise, but this is not regarded as a connected bank/ditch as there are more similar behind it. On the southern side there are a few projecting stones distant from one another, but the mound is believed to be natural. However, in 2004 in the course of building works part of a stone structure came to light and they had to re-route the pipe around the mound. Unfortunately whereabouts this structure stood vis-a-vis the mound itself is not noted. On the southern side between the mound and the farm I spotted two very small very shallow circular mounds a few inches high, of which the more obvious one looks to have at least one stone projecting either close by or at the edge. Something to do with the structure or relating to the pipe, or simply natural ?
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