Overview
Old stone building at Wideford Farm is recorded as Standing or carved stone in Scotland Orkney Islands. The record fixes the place and type while keeping unknown makers, use, finds and survival open. Its saved wording adds: A named place photographed at this map point in Orkney Islands.
Who made it and when
The saved record identifies Old stone building at Wideford Farm as Standing or carved stone. It does not safely name its makers or a precise construction date.
How it was made and used
Its classification points to ritual, marking, defence or gathering. The saved wording does not establish the full building method, ceremonies or length of use, so those details remain open.
What was found
No safe list of excavated objects, bones, carvings or dates is supplied by the short saved record. Finds are not invented from the place type or local name.
What remains
The public record still maps Old stone building at Wideford Farm as Standing or carved stone. The point may mark standing remains, earthworks, a buried site or the centre of a wider area, and this first account keeps that difference visible.
Why it mattered
The place preserves physical evidence or local memory connected with standing or carved stone. Its source and exact position give later research a firm starting point without turning uncertain tradition into fact.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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- Wideford Aerodromemonument0.4 miles
- Hillocks of Garthmonument0.5 miles
- 'grimsquoy'monument0.5 miles
- Caldwell Cottagemonument0.5 miles
- Inganess Roadmonument0.6 miles
- Sand of Wideford, Anti Invasion Stop Linebuilding0.6 miles
- Tower Hillmonument0.6 miles
- Inganess beachbeach0.6 miles
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