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Midhowe Chambered Cairn
Trip No.6 Entry No.13 Date Added: 24th Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Midhowe Chambered Cairn submitted by SandyG on 30th Sep 2015. Looking north along the chamber. (3rd June 2015).
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Midhowe Broch
Trip No.6 Entry No.14 Date Added: 24th Apr 2018
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
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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Taversoe Tuick
Trip No.6 Entry No.15 Date Added: 24th Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
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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Yetnasteen
Trip No.6 Entry No.16 Date Added: 24th Apr 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Yetnasteen submitted by enkidu41 on 6th May 2004. HY 447327
An over 7' high standing stone on Rousay. The name comes from Old Norse "Jotunna-steinn" meaning Giant Stone.
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Langstane (Orkney)
Trip No.6 Entry No.17 Date Added: 25th Apr 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2018. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 5
Langstane (Orkney) submitted by enkidu41 on 6th May 2004. HY 403275
This standing stone on Rousay is just over 8' high. It has a flat face.
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Knowe of Yarso
Trip No.6 Entry No.18 Date Added: 25th Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
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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Blackhammer
Trip No.6 Entry No.19 Date Added: 25th Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Blackhammer submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Blackhammer Chambered Cairn HY415276. Ancient cairn entombed in a modern bunker.
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Dwarfie Stane
Trip No.6 Entry No.20 Date Added: 30th Apr 2018
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
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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Isbister: Tomb Of The Eagles
Trip No.6 Entry No.22 Date Added: 30th Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Isbister: Tomb Of The Eagles submitted by cosmic on 20th Feb 2005. Exiting the Tomb
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Eastside
Trip No.6 Entry No.21 Date Added: 30th Apr 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Eastside submitted by howar on 27th May 2016. Now the stone is unencumbered by the fences, but be careful of your footing on the way to it.
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Grave of Diarmid
Trip No.5 Entry No.1 Date Added: 11th Apr 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Perth and Kinross)
Visited: Yes on 10th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
Grave of Diarmid submitted by cosmic on 23rd Jun 2006. View of the mound on which the four poster sits.
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Log Text: From Spittal of Glenshee walk along the Cateran Trail, over one cattle grid, past one bothy. Just before the second cattle grid/bothy take the grass trail forking up to the left and steeply up. The grave is a mound with four stones at the top.
Brothers' Stones
Trip No.2 Entry No.8 Date Added: 22nd Aug 2017
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Scottish Borders)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Brothers' Stones submitted by cosmic on 11th Aug 2004. The Brothers.
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Five Stanes A
Trip No.2 Entry No.9 Date Added: 24th Aug 2017
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Scottish Borders)
Visited: Yes on 24th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 2
Five Stanes A submitted by Andy B on 27th Feb 2003. Part of the Burnham family trip to Northumberland, August 2002
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Trestle Cairn
Trip No.2 Entry No.10 Date Added: 24th Aug 2017
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Scottish Borders)
Visited: Yes on 24th Aug 2017. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 2
Trestle Cairn submitted by minteddy on 4th Dec 2006. NT752162
Looking north over Trestle Cairn
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Corona de los Muertes
Trip No.39 Entry No.3 Date Added: 6th Sep 2025
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Spain (Aragón)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Corona de los Muertes submitted by bishop_pam on 5th Sep 2025. Site in Aragón Spain
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Log Text: This site is about 300 yards from the welcoming and helpful campsite Selva de Oza, where there is a hotel, bar and restaurant. More details at turismoenaragon.com/item/corona-de-los-muertos. Great place to stay at the centre of a prehistoric landscape. Well worth a visit.
Dolmen de Camping Selva de Oza
Trip No.39 Entry No.4 Date Added: 6th Sep 2025
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Aragón)
Visited: Yes on 1st Sep 2025. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 5
Dolmen de Camping Selva de Oza submitted by bishop_pam on 5th Sep 2025. Site in Aragón Spain
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Log Text: Situated on the Selva de Oza campsite with a fence, but retains a strong presence.
Altamira
Trip No.39 Entry No.1 Date Added: 31st Aug 2025
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Spain (Cantabria)
Visited: Yes on 21st Aug 2025. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Altamira submitted by durhamnature on 7th Nov 2012. Coloured Bison, from "Introduction to Stone Age Art.." via archive.org
Site in Cantabria Spain
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Cueva de Las Monedas
Trip No.39 Entry No.2 Date Added: 31st Aug 2025
Site Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Country: Spain (Cantabria)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Aug 2025. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Log Text: Photography is not allowed
Pen Yr Orsedd
Trip No.12 Entry No.1 Date Added: 28th May 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Pen Yr Orsedd submitted by stu on 28th Jun 2002. Pen-yr-Orsedd Standing Stone. Easily seen from road. Map ref-333903
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Pen yr Orsedd 2
Trip No.12 Entry No.2 Date Added: 28th May 2019
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Wales (Anglesey)
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2019. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pen Yr Orsedd 2 submitted by TimPrevett on 2nd Jul 2002. Turn right just down the lane from site 1, and before long you should see this other stone to the right, just after a farm track.
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