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Skara Brae
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Skara Brae submitted by megalithicmatt on 8th Jan 2012. Looking out over Bay of Skaill.
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St Boniface's Church Hog Back Stone
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
St Boniface's Church Hog Back Stone submitted by DrewParsons on 18th Oct 2010. PID photo
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Stone 'O Quoybune
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Stone 'O Quoybune submitted by howar on 25th Jan 2004. Wheebin standing stone , HY253263 Orkney
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Tankerness House Museum
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Museum
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Tankerness House Museum submitted by AlexHunger on 19th Oct 2004. On display in the Tankerness House Museum, Kirkwall, the Westray Stone is one of the finest carvings in the Orkney Islands. Note the similarity with carvings in Newgrange and Malta.
It is about 1 metre long.
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Taversoe Tuick
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Taversoe Tuick submitted by enkidu41 on 6th May 2004. HY 426276
On Rousay this is a two-storied stalled cairn, one of only two known. The round cairn is about 30' in diameter. The lower chamber, reached by a 19' passage, is about 12' long x 5' wide x 5' high, and is divided into 4 cells by upright slabs. The upper chamber, whose floor is the celing of the lower chamber, is reached by an 11' long passage, and is divided into 2 compartments. The cairn is built on a hill so each passage is at ground level, one on the uphill side, the other on the dow...
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The Orkney Museum
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Museum
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
The Orkney Museum submitted by jeffrep on 5th Aug 2010. Tankerness House, the Orkney Museum in the heart of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland
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Unstan
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Unstan submitted by howar on 27th Jan 2004. Unstan Chambered Cairn front
HY283117 Orkney
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Watch Stone (Orkney)
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Watch Stone (Orkney) submitted by swatson on 18th Jul 2004. Situated 170m NNW of the Stones of Stennes is the Watch Stone; an impressive monolith 5.6m high, dating back to the 3rd millenium BC.
OS HY306125
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Westray Heritage Centre
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Museum
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Westray Heritage Centre submitted by jeffrep on 5th Aug 2010. Front View of the so-called "Westray Wife" (also known as the "Orkney Venus") on Display during the Summer 2010 at the Westray Heritage Centre, Westray, Orkney, Scotland.
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Wideford Hill Cairn
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Wideford Hill Cairn submitted by howar on 29th Apr 2007. cairn looking up Wideford Hill
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Banks Chambered Tomb
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
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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Isbister: Tomb Of The Eagles
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Isbister: Tomb Of The Eagles submitted by cosmic on 20th Feb 2005. Exiting the Tomb
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Knowes of Trotty
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Knowes of Trotty submitted by howar on 22nd Aug 2004. Closer to one of the cairns
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Dingieshowe
Date Added: 7th Oct 2021
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 30th Sep 2021
Dingieshowe submitted by howar on 11th Dec 2005. West of broch from main road
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Knowe of Swandro
Date Added: 12th Oct 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jul 2019
Knowe of Swandro submitted by Andy B on 24th Jul 2012. Julie Bond from the University of Bradford points out the corbelled cell discovered on the morning of BBC Radio Orkney's visit
Photo copyright BBC Radio Orkney
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Midhowe Chambered Cairn
Date Added: 12th Oct 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Midhowe Chambered Cairn submitted by SandyG on 30th Sep 2015. Looking north along the chamber. (3rd June 2015).
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Midhowe Broch
Date Added: 12th Oct 2021
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Midhowe Broch submitted by SandyG on 20th Sep 2015. Broch interior looking towards the entrance showing internal compartments denoted by large slabs. (3rd June 2015).
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Broch of Borwick
Date Added: 12th Oct 2021
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 26th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Broch of Borwick submitted by h_fenton on 21st Dec 2015. The Broch of Borwick viewed from the east with some people in the photograph to help indicate scale in addition to the 1 metre scale leaning on the wall next to the entrance.
Kite Aerial Photograph
3 October 2015
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