Stane o’Quoybune

The stone is 3.5 m in height, approximately 1.5 m wide and narrows gradually to the top, with an average thickness of 0.4 m. The Wheebin stone slopes up slightly towards the north-northwest. It shows signs of severe weathering, with one deep crevice displayed from the middle of the stone to the top. The constant rubbing of domestic animals over the years have polished the surface of the lower half of the stone. The stone had originally been brought from nearby higher ground and placed with its major axis north-northwest and south-southeast. The stone dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, around the 2nd millennium BC. Similar standing stones such were typically put up in the later…