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<< Our Photo Pages >> Deepdale Cottages - Standing Stones in Scotland in Orkney

Submitted by howar on Thursday, 03 June 2004  Page Views: 4495

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Deepdale Cottages
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Finstown
Map Ref: HY267118  Landranger Map Number: 6
Latitude: 58.987025N  Longitude: 3.277108W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Deepdale Cottage submitted by howar : with ?extraneous stones. Going back about Stromness rather than through it I came to the main Kirkwall-Stromness road and thought I had a chance to finally 'do' the Deepdale Stones. Except I still got it wrong. What I had actually spotted previously were Deepdale Cottage stones. To the left of Deepdale Cottage is a short sandy-coloured standing stone and in front of it a triangular block of the s... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stones in Orkney

Going back about Stromness rather than through it I came to the main Kirkwall-Stromness road and thought I had a chance to finally 'do' the Deepdale Stones. Except I still got it wrong. What I had actually spotted previously were Deepdale Cottage stones. To the left of Deepdale Cottage is a short sandy-coloured standing stone and in front of it a triangular block of the same colour. There are a one or two other stones about these of different constitution and there may be some earthwork arcing about. On the opposite side of the road at Deepdale is a solitary standing stone of a different complexion, lichen-covered like many another. None on NMRS natch. Continuing around the hill you come to a large patch of rough ground and it is off the top left corner of this that the actual Deepdale Stones are located.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
HY2611 : Road bend on A965 by Clint Mann
by Clint Mann
©2016(licence)
HY2611 : A965 at Deepdale, Orkney by Alpin Stewart
by Alpin Stewart
©2022(licence)
HY2611 : Deepdale corner by John Ireland
by John Ireland
©2007(licence)
HY2612 : Not a pretty site by Derek Mayes
by Derek Mayes
©2011(licence)
HY2711 : Single Standing Stone by Andrew Riley
by Andrew Riley
©2008(licence)

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