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<< Our Photo Pages >> Warebeth - Chambered Tomb in Scotland in Orkney

Submitted by howar on Monday, 11 February 2013  Page Views: 3991

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Warebeth
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Chambered Tomb
Nearest Town: Stromness
Map Ref: HY238085
Latitude: 58.956890N  Longitude: 3.326412W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 4

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Warebeth
Warebeth submitted by howar : Warbeth Tomb set into a grass-topped knoll (looks natural rather than a chambered mound) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Chambered Tomb in Orkney. Howar writes: I always had my suspicions about a knoll in the field right of the road coming down to the Warebeth cemetery and broch so it is nice to be proved right. In this natural mound archaeologist potter Andrew Appleby noticed slabs highlighted by ploughing that Colin Richards later confirmed as being those of a tomb, in a situation resembling that of Crantit.

This was reported in the Orkney Archaeology Society's "Newsletter No 08 Autumn 2012", where there is a photo of the surrounding area and a close-up of the slabs. Thanks to the farmer backfilling with light soil this will remain undug for future generations. Hopefully further info will turn up on the OAS new website http://www.orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk after they have published updates on this year's digs.
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Warebeth
Warebeth submitted by howar : WWII radar among bumps to the left, Neolithic/BA tomb behind hillocks to right. mediaeval 'palace' and IA broch remains in the distance. And behind me remains of mediaeval kirk over subterranean IA broch passages. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Warebeth
Warebeth submitted by howar : War(e)beth Tomb, top of the grassy knoll with light soil where owner backfilled to prevent erosion (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
HY2308 : Breckness WWII Coast Defence radar station by J M Briscoe
by J M Briscoe
©2005(licence)
HY2308 : Warbeth (Stromness) Cemetery by John Lucas
by John Lucas
©2011(licence)
HY2308 : No dogs - A path into Stromness cemetery by John Lucas
by John Lucas
©2011(licence)
HY2308 : Warebeth Bay by Mick Garratt
by Mick Garratt
©2021(licence)
HY2308 : Resting place by Derek Mayes
by Derek Mayes
©2015(licence)

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Re: Warebeth by howar on Saturday, 05 January 2013
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Found it on Friday. Not the isolated bump below Brinnigar I thought it was but nearer the coast with other mounds (HY23630862). Coming downhill just before you reach the cemetery a track turns right for the beach and the tumulus is in the second field along on the upper side. How I recognised it was the fences of different material (lining up as shown on their photo) as I came up from the beach, you can see at the top the sandy patch where the farmer covered the exposure - not a site even I wanted to film.
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