Britain has a rich heritage of standing stones. The most famous is the stone circle at Stonehenge, still capable of sending an electric shock of excitement down the spine. The stones were placed from about 2200 BC to 1600 BC.

Scotland is particularly endowed with standing stones from prehistory to the Christian Picts. Callanish on the Isle of Lewis is the most notable, dating from about 2200 BC. Some of these stones are an unbelievable 5 metres tall. Most of their past the stones were partially buried, helping to protect them from weather and vandalism.

One of the most dramatic and elaborately carved stones is the cross slab at Forres near Inverness. This 6.2 metre tall Pictish stone has a remarkably uniform interlace pattern carved to one face. The stone is difficult to date but is probably of 9th century AD origin.  

Standing Stone work