<< Our Photo Pages >> Oyce of Quindry - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Orkney
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Oyce of QuindryCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Kirkwall Nearest Village: St. Margaret's Hope
Map Ref: ND436925
Latitude: 58.816292N Longitude: 2.978206W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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I am not surprised no-one has logged it before because it's in a tidal inlet ! First time I saw it through heavy mist as a broad stone, large enough to be seen from the road above. It may have had a far smaller stone to its right, difficult to tell with that mist about. Reaching a gate where you can look straight to Lyrawall on the other side of the Oyce and the stone is to the left and this side of the beck that runs through the Oyce.
Another day, coming from Kirkhouse I followed the shore that side of the Oyce of Quindry to seek out the stone. Coming to the Oyce of Quindry itself all of substance I could make out along the inlet was a big lump I had already seen through the binoculars. This resolved itself to a mass of seaweed over a boulder. Not quite as impressive or distinct as it had seemed on the day of the mist. As I neared it I could further see that it was a stone rather than a natural boulder. It was only as I came up to the end (albeit on the opposite shore) and passed by that I saw at least a long straight edge and made it out as not a broad stone but a standing stone leaning over at an acute angle.
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