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Skara Brae
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Skara Brae submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Looking out over Bay of Skaill.
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Roseness
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 16th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Roseness submitted by howar on 4th May 2007. western view of North Cairn
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Log Text: This cairn is prominent on the headland, and can be seen from Taracliff bay cliffs to the north east, and from the southern island headlands
Brough of Deerness
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 18th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Brough of Deerness submitted by howar on 8th Apr 2007. Entire brough, vallum LH, chapel RH top
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Log Text: you can view from the mainland but the path is closed due to repairs needed.
Knap of Howar
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Access 3
Knap of Howar submitted by PaulH on 19th Mar 2003.
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Holm of Papa Westray South
Date Added: 14th May 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 13th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Holm of Papa Westray South submitted by jeffrep on 1st Aug 2010. Original Entrance to the Holm of Papa Westray South Chambered Cairn, Orkney, Scotland
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Log Text: the cairn is prominent on the island and can also be seen from much of Papa Westray.
Is dark inside and hard to get good photos-Jeffreps are much better than mine.
Holm of Papa Westray North
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 3
Holm of Papa Westray North submitted by PAB on 8th Mar 2019. The North Cairn on Holm of Papa Westray.
June 2016
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Cubbie Roo's Burden
Date Added: 26th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Cubbie Roo's Burden submitted by TimPrevett on 4th Aug 2006. The remaining mound of Cubbie Roo's Burden, a chambered cairn, as viewed from the roadside. The purpose of my visit to Orkney was to recce most of the major sites, but in true megarak spirit, I had to look at or at least photo any 'lesser' monuments I passed. This was one of them.
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Stone 'O Quoybune
Date Added: 30th Jun 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 17th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Stone 'O Quoybune submitted by howar on 25th Jan 2004. Wheebin standing stone , HY253263 Orkney
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Howe Chambered Tomb
Date Added: 13th Jul 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition -1 Ambience 4
Howe Chambered Tomb submitted by drolaf on 9th Jul 2022. The mound at Howe before excavation. (Ballin-Smith 1994)
http://www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/around-the-ness-howe/
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Log Text: although the site is demolished, the ambience in terms of views is very good, NE over Unstan to Brodgar and the hills beyond at Staneyhill quarry and chambered tomb, and SW to the Hoy hills.
Links of Noltland
Date Added: 27th Jun 2023
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Jun 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Links of Noltland submitted by SandyG on 17th Jun 2015. Bronze Age house. Note the slab lined tank adjacent to the doorway and the absence of paving slabs around the entrance. (12th June 2015).
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Log Text: the site is covered with old tarp and stones, but a couple of houses you can see the central hearths.
Isbister: Tomb Of The Eagles
Date Added: 8th Jul 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Would like to visit
Isbister: Tomb Of The Eagles submitted by cosmic on 20th Feb 2005. Exiting the Tomb
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Banks Chambered Tomb
Date Added: 8th Jul 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Would like to visit
Banks Chambered Tomb submitted by howar on 17th Jul 2011. Western chamber repaired. not yet excavated to floor level, as can be seen by height of deposits by LH side of pasage
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Maes Howe
Date Added: 8th Jul 2023
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jul 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Maes Howe submitted by howar on 24th Sep 2013. distant Maes Howe ablaze with sun, viewed from the bird hut near the Barnhouse settlement
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Log Text: I visited the mound in 2022 and inside 2023. you aren't allowed to take photos inside.
The tour guide was up to date and covered the neolithic and much later norse visitors and runes. There is a very good article on the passage alignment in the 2023 issue of the Orkney Archaeology review £10.
https://shop.orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/product-category/books/
Their website has lots more info on Maes and Orkney and it is only £15 to join, £10 for pensioners (you get sent the annual review)
Cleithreabhal
Date Added: 29th May 2024
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cleithreabhal submitted by Andy B on 13th Sep 2011. Neolithic Chambered Cairn on the southern slopes of Cleitreabhal a Dheas.
Some of the stones have been re-used to build the adjacent Wheeled House.
Hogha Gearraidh in the background.
Copyright Vanhercke Christiaan and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
Site in North Uist Scotland
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Log Text: A large chambered cairn, aligned East. The passage is 15m and looks similar to arran cairns. The east facade has some large stones. The Western end is a round house type construction. The whole composite is about 20 by 60m
South Clettraval
Date Added: 29th May 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
South Clettraval submitted by SandyG on 6th Feb 2019. View from east.
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Log Text: Looked south of the cairn uphill to me. A quartzy stone aligned EW
Clettraval South
Date Added: 29th May 2024
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 29th May 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Clettraval South submitted by SandyG on 6th Feb 2019. View of the chamber from the north east.
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Log Text: Some massive capstones and kerbs. Fallen stones here. Faces SE. A composite of main cairn, smaller cairns and a wheelhouse? The remaining upright blocking stone of the main cairn has much quartz. At the NE end of the wheelhouse is a pink quartz stone, also a small pink quartz stone at the same position in the small N cairn
Chambered cairn 200m WNW of Craonaval
Date Added: 30th May 2024
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 30th May 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Chambered cairn 200m WNW of Craonaval submitted by h_fenton on 15th Jan 2008. Standing Stone which may be a part of the cairn. the scale is 1metre long. you can see a stone(s) of the burial chamber near the fence.
15 May 2006
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Cairn 330m NW of Craonaval
Date Added: 30th May 2024
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 30th May 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Cairn 330m NW of Craonaval submitted by h_fenton on 15th Jan 2008. Shielings built/excavated/created in the top of the cairn.
15 May 2006
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Barpa Langais
Date Added: 30th May 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 30th May 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
Barpa Langais submitted by h_fenton on 25th Sep 2012. Barpa Langais photographed from the South East.
Kite Aerial Photograph
16 September 2012 @ 7.54am
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Log Text: The entrance is still blocked off pending repairs. Continue up to the trig following the way posts. It's not hard and get some brilliant views of Machair and mountains
Pobull Fhinn
Date Added: 8th Jun 2024
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 30th May 2024. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Pobull Fhinn submitted by jeffrep on 19th Feb 2008. Site in North Uist
Pobull Fhinn Overlooking Loch Langais with Ben Eval is the Distance, No. Uist, Western Isles, Scotland
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Log Text: A short walk from the lodge Hotel bar (excellent gin) a much longer walk from Barpa Langhas cairn via the trig, from where you get fantastic views across to the mountains, and machair to sea.