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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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Barnhouse Settlement
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Barnhouse Settlement submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Barnhouse Settlement HY306127. Probably in use around the same time of Skara Brae.
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Birsay
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Birsay submitted by howar on 23rd Jan 2013. Earl's place and some of the longhouses outlined by snow.
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Stenness
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Stenness submitted by Runemage on 15th Jul 2005. Ethereal and numinous.
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Blackhammer
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Blackhammer submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Blackhammer Chambered Cairn HY415276. Ancient cairn entombed in a modern bunker.
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Burrian Broch
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Burrian Broch submitted by Wideford on 16th Jul 2003. The Broch of Burrian
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Caperhouse
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Would like to visit
Caperhouse submitted by howar on 22nd Aug 2004. Gateway
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Cuween Hill
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Cuween Hill submitted by coin on 9th Jul 2018. Corbelled ceiling in one of the side chambers.
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Dwarfie Stane
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Dwarfie Stane submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Dwarfie Stane Rock Cut Tomb HY244005. Unique to the this area of abundant ancient sites.
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Grain Earth House
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Grain Earth House submitted by cosmic on 23rd Jan 2005. The Roof Supports
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Gurness
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Gurness submitted by PAB on 11th Jan 2021. 4.45am, the beautiful glow lighting up the stones. Worth getting up for such an experience, only an hour's sleep lost, and so much gained!
June 2016
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Knap of Howar
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Knap of Howar submitted by PaulH on 19th Mar 2003.
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Knowe of Yarso
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Knowe of Yarso submitted by enkidu41 on 6th May 2004. HY 404281
On Rousay. A neolithic stalled cairn about 50' long x 25' wide entered by a 13' long passage at the eastern end. The chamber (which my have originally been two-storied) is divided into 4 compartments by 3 pairs of upright slabs.
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Links of Noltland
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
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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Maes Howe
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
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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Mine Howe
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Mine Howe submitted by jeffrep on 23rd Jan 2010. Entrance to Mine Howe, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland
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Mor Stein
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Mor Stein submitted by nicarthurson on 5th Apr 2006. Mor Stein stands on very exposed moorland in the south-east of the island of Shapinsay. There is a chambered cairn (known as Castle Bloody) visible from the stone and in between a number of stone cists are recorded.
HY52401685
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Quoyness Barrow
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Quoyness submitted by castawaycouple on 15th Oct 2003. Quoyness Barrow, Sanday, Orkney.
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Ring of Brodgar
Date Added: 15th Sep 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
Ring of Brodgar submitted by SandyG on 8th Oct 2015. Southern part of the stone circle. (2nd June 2015).
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