Hill o' Many Stanes

The Hill O Many Stanes is a south-facing hillside (at grid reference ND295384) in Mid Clyth, about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) south of Wick in Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, which has about 200 upright stones,[1] none more than a metre high, set out in rows running approximately north and south with the incline.

This arrangement is believed to be a relic of Bronze Age times.

From the northern end of the rows, on a clear day, hills along the coast of Banffshire can be seen across the Moray Firth, some 80 kilometres (50 mi) away.

If the night sky is clear, the moon, in its most southerly rising position, will be seen over those same hills.

However, more than twenty similar stone rows are now known in Caithness and Sutherland and none of the others have been linked with astronomical observations.