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<< Image Pages >> Lunnasting Standing Stone - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Shetland

Submitted by durhamnature on Wednesday, 19 September 2012  Page Views: 3221

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lunnasting Standing Stone
Country: Scotland County: Shetland Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)

Map Ref: HU4665
Latitude: 60.366374N  Longitude: 1.167888W
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.
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
2
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Lunnasting Standing Stone
Lunnasting Standing Stone submitted by durhamnature : Drawing of the stone, from The Celtic and Scandinavian Antiquities of Shetland" by Gilbert Goudie, 1904, via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone (Menhir) in Shetland

Canmore site 1190

Standing Stone with ogham inscription.

No precise location, possibly by the roadside.
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Re: Lunnasting Standing Stone by Anonymous on Sunday, 12 April 2015
This stone was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in 1876.
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