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Standing stone, possibly the remains of a stone circle. This stone stands in an arable field on the west side of the road at Westerton and measures 1.4m high and 1m broad. On its southwest face there are the remains of an incised human figure about 0.9m high, and on the top of the stone there are five cup-marks. The cup-marks were described in 1868 by Simpson, who mentioned that the stone was the survivor of a stone circle, near Nether Turin (which lies about 830 m to the north-west). The RCAHMS recorded the remains of the figure during field survey in March 1978. The figure is tentatively identified as a naked human in left profile, possibly in fighting position as on the Shandwick Stone, Easter Ross. However, the figure is impossible to date as Pictish and may represent more recent work. Site visit in 2021 as part of Scotland's Rock Art Project concluded that the cup marks are natural features.
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NO55SW0015 - WESTERTON