The Caiy Stane
Introduction
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The Caiy Stane
Image: © M J Richardson Taken: 15 Aug 2007
About 3m high, the Caiy Stane is a broad slab of red sandstone possibly marking a ritual or burial place from Neolithic times. The hilltop where it is sited continued to be used in the Bronze Age, and it may also have been the site of a battle in more recent times, with the stone as a memorial. The reverse face has six, probably prehistoric cup marks, some old graffiti and some more recent spray-painted defacings.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.90255
Longitude
-3.212934