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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Brodgar Farm Standing Stones Alternative Name: Brodgar Peninsula, Lochview, Loch View StonesCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Kirkwall Nearest Village: Finstown
Map Ref: HY303128 Landranger Map Number: 6
Latitude: 58.996606N Longitude: 3.214804W
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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RockHugger visited on 23rd Sep 2016 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4
SandyG visited on 9th Jun 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 These stones are visible from the public highway.
NickyD have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.5
First past the Brodgar bridge the two green huts you first see are Bridgend. After these is the low hill that is down as Brodgar Farm cairn HY304128 and may be broch remains. You can see the scallop scar of excavation but nothing else - if you follow the path around it that skirts the Loch of Stenness the view is even less distinguished! After this comes the hillock/rise on which stand the Lochview Standing Stones. Your first view of this pair sets them against the Lochview Cottage to to make them look for all the world like a recent folly in someone's garden. It is evident they are on slightly different levels but this may be a fairly modern development.
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