Rousay, Frotoft, Long Stone

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rousay, Frotoft, Long Stone as Standing Stone (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Dated to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the Long Stone at Rousay, Frotoft, is likely associated with ritual or ceremonial practices common to prehistoric communities in Orkney. Such standing stones may have marked territorial boundaries, served as monuments for ancestor veneration, or aligned with astronomical events.