<< Our Photo Pages >> Burn of Langskaill - Ancient Village or Settlement in Scotland in Orkney
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Multi-periodSite Name: Burn of LangskaillCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Kirkwall Nearest Village: Toab
Map Ref: HY507059
Latitude: 58.937491N Longitude: 2.858273W
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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Misc. Earthwork in Orkney
The lower of the two parallel lines of the burn as it passes NE of the community centre.
Unlike the other piece stone walls line the sides to a height of 1.4m at a distance apart of 4m. But where it passes under the road the bottom is lower, giving a total height of 2.5m. So the main dimensions are the same as those of the Kirk Ness Dyke and it would appear to bear the same relationship to the Round Howe "pseudo-broch" as that does to the coastal Kirk Ness mound. Which would appear to make it a drystone dyke boundary and cru also.
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