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The Watchstone

Standing Stone / Menhir

Fieldnotes

At 19 feet high, the Watchstone was once one of a pair of standing stones which guarded the causeway leading to the Ring Of Brodgar.

Although it will never really be known what the purpose for the Watchstone ever really was. It has been speculated that it could have formed part of a ceremonial link between the Standing Stones of Stenness and the Brodgar ring.
notjamesbond Posted by notjamesbond
2nd June 2003ce

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