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Vola
Date Added: 8th Jul 2017
Site Type: Round Barrow(s)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Would like to visit
Vola submitted by howar on 1st Sep 2006. view from big mound (edge of latter showing in right of marsh picture)
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Unstan
Date Added: 14th Jul 2017
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 14th Jul 2017
Unstan submitted by howar on 27th Jan 2004. Unstan Chambered Cairn front
HY283117 Orkney
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Mor Stein
Date Added: 16th Jul 2017
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 16th Jul 2017
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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Eastside
Date Added: 16th Jul 2017
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes
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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Log Text: Path is short but treacherous.
Knowe of Yarso
Date Added: 12th Jul 2017
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jul 2017
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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Taversoe Tuick
Date Added: 14th Jul 2017
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jul 2017
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
Date Added: 8th Jul 2017
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Would like to visit
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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Quoyness Barrow
Date Added: 8th Jul 2017
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Would like to visit
Quoyness submitted by castawaycouple on 15th Oct 2003. Quoyness Barrow, Sanday, Orkney.
Visit Orkneys Megaliths
you choose where you want to go!!!
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The Orkney Museum
Date Added: 16th Jul 2017
Site Type: Museum
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 15th Jul 2017
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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Langstane (Orkney)
Date Added: 12th Jul 2017
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jul 2017
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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Blackhammer
Date Added: 12th Jul 2017
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jul 2017
Blackhammer submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Blackhammer Chambered Cairn HY415276. Ancient cairn entombed in a modern bunker.
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Stone 'O Quoybune
Date Added: 12th Jul 2017
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 11th Jul 2017. My rating: Ambience 5
Stone 'O Quoybune submitted by howar on 25th Jan 2004. Wheebin standing stone , HY253263 Orkney
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An Carra
Date Added: 24th Jun 2017
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (South Uist)
Visited: Would like to visit
An Carra submitted by SandyG on 20th May 2016. View from south (28 August 2015).
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Pollachar
Date Added: 24th Jun 2017
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (South Uist)
Visited: Would like to visit
Pollachar submitted by h_fenton on 20th Jul 2006. Pollachar standing stone, South Uist. view from south west, showing proximity to the Pollachar Inn behind
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Barp Reineval
Date Added: 24th Jun 2017
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (South Uist)
Visited: Would like to visit
Barp Reineval submitted by SandyG on 23rd May 2016. View from the south east (28 August 2015).
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Cueva de Menga
Date Added: 16th Sep 2014
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Would like to visit
Cueva de Viera submitted by greywether on 13th Jul 2005. The entrance to Viera.
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Dolmen de Soto
Date Added: 5th Dec 2014
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Would like to visit
Dolmen de Soto submitted by irundarra on 20th Apr 2009. Site in Huelva
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Gabrieles Dolmen 7
Date Added: 5th Dec 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Would like to visit
Gabrieles Dolmen 4 submitted by irundarra on 28th Apr 2009. Site in Valverde del Camino (Huelva)
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El Pozuelo Dolmen 7
Date Added: 5th Dec 2014
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Would like to visit
El Pozuelo Dolmen 6 submitted by irundarra on 20th Apr 2009. El Pozuelo 6 in Huelva
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Dolmen de Montelirio
Date Added: 5th Dec 2014
Site Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
Country: Spain (Andalucía)
Visited: Would like to visit
Dolmen de Montelirio submitted by Flickr on 5th Dec 2015. Vista del dolmen tras la intervención arqueológica Site in Andalucía Spain
Image copyright: ipolca (ARTURO DEL PINO RUIZ), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API.
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