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

Submitted by howar on Saturday, 28 May 2016  Page Views: 8300

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Eastside Alternative Name: Sorquoy, Papley
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)

Map Ref: ND469914  Landranger Map Number: 7
Latitude: 58.806835N  Longitude: 2.920819W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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.
3 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
4

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rrmoser visited Path is short but treacherous.

Eastside
Eastside submitted by howar : Now the stone is unencumbered by the fences, but be careful of your footing on the way to it. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stone in Orkney. Meet grandad. 4.4m high, 0.8m wide, 0.45-0.55m thick, with some packing at the bottom.

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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Eastside
Eastside submitted by DJMace : Sorquoy Standing Stone: Sth Ronaldsay, Orkney. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Eastside
Eastside submitted by howar : Here the sea profiles the standing stone. Colour turned naff somehow (Vote or comment on this photo)

Eastside
Eastside submitted by SHUGS : View from the North East (Vote or comment on this photo)

Eastside
Eastside submitted by SHUGS : View from the South West, access to the stone is along an almost dried out burn/drainage ditch fenced at either side. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Eastside
Eastside submitted by howar : Peg on top of standing stone

Eastside
Eastside submitted by howar : Standing stone view 3

Eastside
Eastside submitted by howar : Standing stone view 2 (2 comments)

Eastside
Eastside submitted by howar : Standing stone view 1

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Re: Eastside by Andy B on Wednesday, 20 March 2024
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Other page deleted and photo moved, thanks TheCaptain and DJMace for the lovely photos including this one.
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Re: Eastside by Estrela on Tuesday, 07 June 2016
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I'd be interested in communicating with others here who live in Orkney. We now do so, but are a long way from visiting or even discovering many of the sites here.
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Re: Eastside by Energyman on Sunday, 29 May 2016
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Surely the flattened side is pointing at the notch on the horizon on the island?
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Re: Eastside by howar on Friday, 27 May 2016
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My images of the Sorquoy/Papley Standing Stone used to be on the portal [photos renamed from Sorquoy to Eastside now], I shall put better ones on.
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Re: Eastside by davidmorgan on Tuesday, 11 November 2014
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Re: Eastside by howar on Tuesday, 18 May 2010
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believing it to be possibly commemorative Low dug here, but found nothing
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Re: Eastside by howar on Tuesday, 24 August 2004
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RCAHMS NMRS record no. ND49SE 3, Sorquoy also known as Papley. 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. Meet grandad. 4.4m high, 0.8m wide, 0.45-0.55m thick, with some packing at the bottom.
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.
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