Memorials & monuments · Scottish Islands
Stone of Setter, standing stone and enclosure, Eday
Stone of Setter, standing stone and enclosure, Eday in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
Colin Park — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
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- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
About
Stone of Setter, standing stone and enclosure, Eday is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Stone of Setter is a Neolithic standing stone located on the island of Eday, in Orkney, Scotland. It dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, around the 2nd millennium BC. Outside of the Stones of Stenness, this monument is the tallest monolith in Orkney. Historic Environment Scotland established the site as a scheduled monument in 1936.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 59.2190, -2.7645
- Address
- Sanday, Orkney, Scotland
- Established
- 1500
Sources
- wikidata: Q2351556 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Stone of Setter (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Stone of Setter, standing stone and enclosure, Eday?
- Stone of Setter, standing stone and enclosure, Eday is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 59.2190°, -2.7645°.
- When was Stone of Setter, standing stone and enclosure, Eday built?
- Stone of Setter, standing stone and enclosure, Eday dates to 1500.