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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Diamond Cottage Alternative Name: Point of OnstonCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Stromness Nearest Village: Stenness
Map Ref: HY28211176
Latitude: 58.986922N Longitude: 3.25083W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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RCAHMS NMRS record no. HY21SE 22, near the Brig o' Waithe on the main Kirkwall-Stromness road, may possibly be a Norse land-take but the balance of evidence is against that.
The standard reading is that the earthworks are in connection with a promontory fort, but I feel that it may be as old a demarcation as the Dyke of Sean. As you approach from the road in front of it is the Unstan tomb, and several flints were found in the vicinity. The 'dyke' is most easily seen in a curving section a little to the east of the tomb, starting just outside the Historic Scotland fence and ening at the present lochside.
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