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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stews
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)

Map Ref: ND465890  Landranger Map Number: 7
Latitude: 58.785235N  Longitude: 2.927166W
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
 no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data 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.
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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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Stews submitted by Jackanol : Stews standing stone I've only added this rather poor image as there wasn''t one. The coastal path is rather stunning - there were fulmars flying below us - but we couldn''t access the stone from it, being several fields away plus guarded by inquisitive cows. Sadly we failed this, due to a combination of both cows and bog, probably the coastal path is not the best approach. Image copyright: jac... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Orkney

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ND4689 : Track junction near Stews by Ian Balcombe
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ND4689 : Stews on the cliff top near Bigore Head. by Des Colhoun
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ND4689 : Stews near Flaws by Ian Balcombe
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ND4689 : Bigore Head by Peter Church
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ND4688 : Quarry below Ward Hill, South Ronaldsay, Orkney by Claire Pegrum
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Re: Stews by howar on Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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RCAHMS NMRS record no. ND48NE 1 at ND46568900 sits on a ridge near a pre-Reformation kirk and is the site of a "triangular monument" seen by Low in passing Stouse [sic] head, by which time two of the stones were already stumps, these later disappearing entirely. They were smaller in cross-section than the main stone and lined up N/S. His drawing has a compass point whivh points down, so taking that as N the stumps were to the E of the N/S aligned main stone. This is a tapered red sandstone block a couple of yards in height and 2'6" by 12-13" at the base. I guess George Marwick would have called it a Starra Kirk stone.
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