What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Orkney Islands.
The Watch Stone at Loch of Stenness is likely from the Neolithic period, dating to around 3000–2500 BCE, and is associated with the broader ritual landscape of the Orkney mainland, including nearby Maes Howe and the Ring of Brodgar. It may have served as a marker or ceremonial boundary stone within a network of sacred sites.
Places near here
Bridge of BrodgarBridge (post Medieval) · 31 yd
Watch StoneStanding Stone(s) (prehistoric) · 108 yd
Watch Stone (Orkney)Archaeological place · 110 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7270581.jpg?width=1280)
Structure 8Ruins · 308 yd
The Ness of BrodgarVisitor information · 330 yd
Barnhouse SettlementVisitor information · 332 yd
Stenness Parish War MemorialMemorial · 735 yd
HousequoyNo Class (event) (21st Century) (2015) · 1018 yd
Maeshowe Visitor CentreHeritage attraction · 1145 yd
StennessNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1211 yd
Ring of BrodgarHenge (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Rune Inscribed Stone (norse), Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age) · 1321 yd
Baa HolmIslet · 1549 ydOther information
Photo: Colin Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0