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Barnhouse Stone
Date Added: 9th Feb 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Barnhouse Stone submitted by SandyG on 9th Aug 2015. Barnhouse Stone with Stones of Stenness behind and cairns on the Ness of Brodgar beyond. (11th June 2015).
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Log Text: Can be seen from the roadside.
Birsay
Date Added: 9th Feb 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Birsay submitted by SandyG on 10th Aug 2015. Norse houses on Birsay. (4th June 2015).
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Blackhammer
Date Added: 6th Jan 2018
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Blackhammer submitted by SandyG on 11th Aug 2015. View of the chambered cairn from the north with the Orkney mainland in the background. (3rd June 2015).
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Broch of Borwick
Date Added: 10th Feb 2019
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 7th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Broch of Borwick submitted by SandyG on 12th Aug 2015. The broch stands on the edge of a very spectacular cliff. (7th June 2015).
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Gurness
Date Added: 10th Feb 2019
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 4th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Gurness submitted by SandyG on 13th Aug 2015. Interior looking towards the entrance. (4th June 2015).
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Brodgar Farm Standing Stones
Date Added: 10th Feb 2019
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Brodgar Farm Standing Stones submitted by SandyG on 14th Aug 2015. Its amazing these stones survived. It would be equally surprising if there had not been others. Might they have once formed part of an alignment leading between the Ring of Brodgar and Stones of Stenness. (9th June 2015).
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Log Text: These stones are visible from the public highway.
Brough of Bigging
Date Added: 10th Feb 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Brough of Bigging submitted by SandyG on 15th Aug 2015. View from the north east. (11th June 2015).
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Brough of Deerness
Date Added: 10th Feb 2019
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Brough of Deerness submitted by SandyG on 16th Aug 2015. Well on the promontory would have been the source of water. (8th June 2015).
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Comet Stone (Orkney)
Date Added: 10th Feb 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Comet Stone (Orkney) submitted by SandyG on 17th Aug 2015. Comet stone and its smaller neighbours. View from west. (9th June 2015).
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Cubbie Roo's Burden
Date Added: 10th Feb 2019
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Cubbie Roo's Burden submitted by SandyG on 18th Aug 2015. View from the south. Shame about the electric pole (3rd June 2015).
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Cuween Hill
Date Added: 10th Feb 2019
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Cuween Hill submitted by SandyG on 19th Aug 2015. View from the east of the well trodden path leading up to the cairn. (2nd June 2015).
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Dwarfie Stane
Date Added: 10th Feb 2019
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Dwarfie Stane submitted by SandyG on 20th Aug 2015. 19th century graffiti on the southern face of the stone. (10th June 2015).
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Fresh Knowe
Date Added: 7th Jan 2019
Site Type: Long Barrow
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Fresh Knowe submitted by SandyG on 21st Aug 2015. Fresh Knowe with the Comet Stone behind on the right. (14th June 2015).
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Grain Earth House
Date Added: 10th Feb 2019
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 2
Grain Earth House submitted by SandyG on 22nd Aug 2015. Steps leading down into the souterrain. The blue torch is essential for the visit. The key is now available from Judith Glue opposite Kirkwall Cathedral (8th June 2015).
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Knowe of Stenso
Date Added: 21st Sep 2015
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2015
Knowe of Stenso submitted by SandyG on 1st Sep 2015. View from north west. This broch is very susceptible to coastal erosion. (13th June 2015).
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Knowe of Verron
Date Added: 21st Sep 2015
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Sep 2015
Knowe of Verron submitted by SandyG on 2nd Sep 2015. Broch interior viewed from north. (7th June 2015).
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Langstane (Orkney)
Date Added: 6th Jan 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Langstane (Orkney) submitted by SandyG on 17th Sep 2015. Given its proximity to the road and cottage what are the chances that this stone is prehistoric and if so that it is its original location particularly as it has clearly at some time been broken in half and put back together (3rd June 2015).
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Liddel 2 Burnt Mound
Date Added: 21st Sep 2015
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2015
Isbister: Bronze Age House submitted by SandyG on 18th Sep 2015. Liddel Burnt Mound
View from south. (5th June 2015).
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Maes Howe
Date Added: 7th Jan 2019
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Maes Howe submitted by SandyG on 19th Sep 2015. View from south east. (7th June 2015).
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Midhowe Broch
Date Added: 6th Jan 2018
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 3rd Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Midhowe Broch submitted by SandyG on 20th Sep 2015. Helpful sign makes it easy to find. (3rd June 2015).
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