Tammaskirk [Hall of Rendall, St Thomas's Kirk] Ancient Village or Settlement : The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map:

<< Our Photo Pages >> Tammaskirk - Ancient Village or Settlement in Scotland in Orkney

Submitted by howar on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 Page Views: 564

Multi-periodSite Name: Tammaskirk Alternative Name: Hall of Rendall, St Thomas's Kirk
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Finstown Nearest Village: Evie
Map Ref: HY42502907
Latitude: 59.144510N Longitude: 3.006784W
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

5 Access:

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.

3 Accuracy:

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

5

Internal Links:

External Links:

· NEW: I have visited
· I would like to visit

· Submit an Image
· Add a description
· Give accurate position
· Add a comment or news about this site

**Tammaskirk** submitted by howar : mound from main road - there is a short arc of material between the front and back fieldwalls. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Ancient Village or Settlement in Orkney. NMRS record no. HY 42SW 12. The way I went to the site requires low tide. By the Hall of Rendall the millburn enters the sea and you follow the shore from there. Some general features are apparent with a variety of construction techniques. It feels like the cliff isn’t natural but all mound material, and this appears to be born out by the rise to a low promontory at the N end close to the kirk site. Antiquarians deemed it a broch, though nowadays the more generic term of Atlantean roundhouse is preferred (“2 main sections of massive walling” with “coursed masonry and vertical slabs” seen as intra-mural).

An alternative conjecture specifically related it to the Knowe of Nesthouse chambered mound, though the similarities strike me as superficial from a distance. From the main road you can make out the short arc feature between the field walls at the south end that shows on Canmap. If this were a roundhouse settlement you would expect more of these even with what is left of the site. If it is, all we have of a broch tower, perhaps the promontory is the outer bank for the outworks. We needn’t stick with any of the above, seeing it instead as a sequence of various Iron Age settlement types rendered higgledy-piggledy by time and erosion
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.

Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.
Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive OS map

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.

Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
1.5km S 176° Taversoe Tuick* Chambered Cairn (HY42572761)
1.8km SE 126° Cubbie Roo's Burden* Chambered Cairn (HY43932800)
1.8km SW 216° Blackhammer* Chambered Tomb (HY41422761)
2.1km SSW 209° Knowe of Hunclett* Broch or Nuraghe (HY41442722)
2.3km WSW 240° Knowe of Yarso* Chambered Cairn (HY40482795)
2.5km NNW 347° Knowe of Craie* Chambered Cairn (HY41963153)
2.6km SW 232° Langstane (Orkney)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (HY404275)
2.7km WSW 246° Knowe of Ramsay* Chambered Cairn (HY40042800)
2.8km WSW 246° Knowe of Lairo* Chambered Cairn (HY39922796)
2.9km N 358° Kierfea Hill (Rousay) Cairn (HY42423196)
2.9km SW 236° Knowe of Burrian (Frotoft)* Broch or Nuraghe (HY40062745)
3.2km NNE 18° Bigland Long (Rousay) Cairn (HY43533214)
3.4km WSW 253° Viera Lodge Broch or Nuraghe (HY392281)
3.5km SE 144° Braes of Ha’Breck, Wyre. Ancient Village or Settlement (HY445262)
3.7km NNE 20° Bigland Round* Chambered Cairn (HY438325)
3.9km NNE 22° Faraclett Head West Cairn (HY44003270)
3.9km NNE 21° Faraclett Head East Cairn (HY43993271)
4.1km W 268° Westness Chambererd Tomb* Chambered Tomb (HY38402898)
4.1km NE 41° Scockness* Ancient Village or Settlement (HY45263214)
4.2km NNE 30° Yetnasteen* Standing Stone (Menhir) (HY447327)
4.4km NW 318° Knowe of Lingro Cairn (HY3964832378)
4.8km WSW 242° Gurness* Broch or Nuraghe (HY3818926842)
4.8km SSW 209° Ness of Woodwick* Broch or Nuraghe (HY40072487)
4.8km WSW 242° Aikerness Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (HY38182685)
5.0km W 276° Knowe of Swandro* Chambered Cairn (HY37532966)
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Sogn Hagebruksskule

Hustad >>