<< Our Photo Pages >> Eastside - Standing Stone (Menhir) in Scotland in Orkney
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Eastside Alternative Name: Sorquoy, PapleyCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Map Ref: ND469914 Landranger Map Number: 7
Latitude: 58.806835N Longitude: 2.920819W
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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bishop_pam visited on 29th Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4
rrmoser visited Path is short but treacherous.
Lest you think size is important I should point out that the shore below here is like an open-cast mine for standing stones - why quarry when you can simply lift them from the ground, it's comprehensively littered with stones of all sizes above the storm beach.
Access: Coming out of St. Margarets Hope take the Eastside road down all the way the crossroads and pass over to the Wheems Hostel road. The fence beyond Sorquoy carries on either side of the road, the stone is incorporated into the barb-wire fence of the field on your left.
RCAHMS NMRS record no. ND49SE 3, Sorquoy also known as Papley. Canmore ID 9605
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