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Some Shetland brochs and standing stones
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1912Standing stones, or the remains of them, are to be found in almost every parish. The majority are roughly fashioned into a sort of slab, although some of them exhibit no distinct formation of this kind. Their number is uncertain and they occur on hills and in valleys.
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Megalithic astronomy: Indications in standing stones
Vistas in Astronomy, 1966Abstract An account is given of a number of surveys of stone circles, alignments, etc., found in Britain. The geometry of the rings is discussed in so far as it affects the determination of the azimuths to outliers and other circles. Small scale reproductions of enough of the surveys are given to enable the reader to form an idea of what is to be ...
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Notes on the standing stones of Kintyre
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1930A detailed description of all extant standing stones in Kintyre, Argyll which incorporates some local traditions.
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Notes on certain Standing Stones in Argyllshire
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1914Two groups of standing stones are described. A group of four at Duachy and a group of three at Lagavulin. It is suggested that they may represent a class of ancient monument consisting of two upright monoliths standing more or less north-south with a recumbent stone between them pointing east.
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