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Standing stone

Standing stone, pair

What is recorded here

Thirty-five metres from the wedge tomb, two sandstone slabs lean together like exhausted travellers sharing a secret. One stretches fifteen decimetres, the other twelve, both thin as knife edges and low enough to touch without bending far. Small stones fill the gap between them, perhaps dumped in haste or placed as an offering. A third upright waits eleven metres further north-east, completing a tiny chamber built without mortar, roof or warning.
A pair of upright sandstone slabs (long-axis c. ESE-WNW) leaning against each other are located c. 35m to NE of wedge tomb (RMP KE045-013001-). They are both long, low stones (dims. Stone A (downslope): L 1.5m; T 0.15m; H 0.7m; Stone B (upslope): L 1.2m; T 0.15m; H 0.65m) orientated long-axis c. E-W). A pile of small, loose stones are placed between the two upright slabs. A single upright stone (KE045-013007-) is located a further 11m to NE. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 11 January 2017
Probably dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the stones may have served as part of a ritual or funerary landscape associated with the nearby wedge tomb. Their positioning suggests a possible ceremonial or symbolic function, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.

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