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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stanerandy Stones Alternative Name: Stanerandy Tumulus, Stane Randa, BirsayCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Finstown Nearest Village: Birsay
Map Ref: HY267276
Latitude: 59.128878N Longitude: 3.282386W
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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Standing Stones with Round Barrow in Orkney.
RCAHMS NMRS record HY22NE 15 now considered to be a barrow into which stones were later inserted , and of the two latter only the stump of one remains (there are three definite barrows at HY275277).
Coming up from Birsay village take the A967 until the Vinbrake junction and then take that. Cornfield right to the very edge presently, so a closer look will have to wait several months. The wheat being tall you can only see the tumulus in two places at the moment. Fortunately the views being at right-angles to each other partially compensates.
Closest to is at the corner of the field behind a Nissen hut, with a big fencepost to rest the camera on - no-one objected at the time to my going to that point. The other view, about twice the distance, is after the road turns left. Though you can see it most of the way going down towards Newan (Newan Chambered Cairn is confusingly not here but beyond Stanerandy near a disused quarry on the hill) look out for a pair of flatface-aligned stones and between there and the fence above Newan and you are looking straight across at it.
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