What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sandray, Sheader as Standing Stone (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this standing stone may have been part of a ritual or ceremonial landscape. Its specific meaning or use is unclear, though such stones often held significance in prehistoric beliefs or territorial markers.
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Places near here
SandrayNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 227 yd
Sandray, Carn GhaltairBroch (iron Age)(possible), Dun (prehistoric) · 956 yd
Càrn GhaltairMountain / peak · 1049 yd
Sandray, Bagh BanBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Bàgh a DeasBeach / strand · 1.2 mi
Vatersay, Cuithe HeillanishEnclosure (period Unassigned), Standing Stone (prehistoric)(possible) · 1.2 mi
FlodaighIsland · 1.3 mi
Beinn RuilibreacMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Sea kayaks on Sandray beachBeach · 1.4 mi
VatersayTacksmans House (post Medieval) · 1.5 mi
Cave on the south side of SandrayCave · 1.5 mi