What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records North Keiss, Standingstone as Standing Stone (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Dated to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the North Keiss Standing Stone may have functioned as a ceremonial or territorial marker. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with protective or supernatural powers.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Keiss Baptist ChurchChurch (19th Century) - (early 21st Century) · 463 yd
Keiss Baptist ManseManse (period Unassigned) · 488 yd
NybsterBroch (iron Age)(possible), Roundhouse (prehistoric) · 919 yd
Nybster BrochArchaeological place · 922 yd
Old Keiss CastleCastle (medieval) · 1333 yd
Bucholly CastleCastle (medieval), Field Boundary(s) (period Unassigned), Midden (period Unassigned), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 2.3 mi
Long GeoBay · 4.2 mi
SlicklyNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.7 mi
Osterhav: Sinclair's Bay, North SeaSteamship (20th Century) · 4.8 mi.jpg?width=1280)
Barrock Estate War MemorialMemorial · 5.1 mi
Ackergill and Hempriggs Estates War MemorialMemorial · 6.7 mi
Hill of Rigifa'Mountain / peak · 6.9 mi