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Caithness Field Club Bulletin
THE SCULPTURED STONES OF CAITHNESS
A survey by Tim Blackie and Colin Macaulay

Reference Number: SSC/6

Name: Watenan

Description: Class 1 Symbol Stone

Present Location: Norselands Viking Centre,

Nybster

Original Location: Watenan ND 3117 4076

Other Documentation: HRC leaflet, PS p131

Dimensions:	Length up to 98cm
	Breadth up to 98 cm
	Width up to 61 mm

Notes: This stone comprises two fragments of a larger Class 1 stone which were found in the summer of 1977 on top of a small cairn in rough moorland near Groat's Loch, Watenan. Excavation of the site may yet reveal the other parts of the stone. The symbol is part of a 'crescent-and-V'.