Saints and Stones: Skellister Standing Stone (Auld Wife)
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The Skellister Standing Stone is an irregular boulder of grey sandstone with large veins of white quartz, apparently quarried from the adjacent hillside and set up amid rough, rocky surroundings. The stone is just over nine feet in height and is packed at the base.

Locally it is also known as the Auld Wife (Old Wife), because in silhouette it resembles a stooped, albeit tall, old woman.

About the Skellister Standing Stone

Megalithic Portal: Skellister (Auld Wife)
Stones Pages: Skellister
The Modern Antiquarian: Skellister
Wikipedia: Standing Stones

Journey to the Skellister Standing Stone

The Skellister Standing Stone is located near the village of Skellister on the Hill of Skellister off the B9075, a minor road in the South Nesting area of the Central Mainland off the A970 main road.

Ordnance Survey Map (HU463552)

Visitors Information

Visitors and general information on Shetland may be found at the Visit Shetland website.

Additional Photos of the Skellister Standing Stone

Intersection of Minor Roads Near the Skellister Standing Stone
Skellister Standing Stone on Hill of Skellister
Skellister Standing Stone
Skellister Standing Stone
Skellister Standing Stone with West Voe of Skellister and South Nestings Bay in Background


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