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Multi-periodSite Name: Vestrafiold Alternative Name: Vestra FioldCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Stromness Nearest Village: Sandwick
Map Ref: HY241220
Latitude: 59.078146N Longitude: 3.325855W
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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ModernExplorers visited on 5th Mar 2013 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 1 Really interesting to have found the site although very difficult to find. Piles of stone in fields that look like they were cut and bits of rock emanating from the ground
Prone stones can still be seen lying on Vestrafiold's hillside to this day and recent work at the site has confirmed that megaliths were indeed quarried there.
Comparatively little effort would have had to have gone into shaping the stones as the Vestrafiold rock splits easily into slabs.
After being quarried from the hillside, the megaliths were transported the 7.5 miles to the Ness o' Brodgar.
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