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Knowe of Yarso
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
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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Knowe of Ramsay
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Knowe of Ramsay submitted by DrewParsons on 16th Oct 2010. There was no obvious entry into the ruined stalled cairn. September 2010.
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Knowe of Lairo
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3
Knowe of Lairo submitted by DrewParsons on 17th Oct 2010. The south east facing entrance. September 2010.
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Log Text: due to excessive number of visitors since it was on TV the farmer has blocked access, with concern for people's safety and the cairn's protection.
Midhowe Chambered Cairn
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2022. 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
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 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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Cubbie Roo's Burden
Date Added: 26th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Cubbie Roo's Burden submitted by TimPrevett on 4th Aug 2006. The remaining mound of Cubbie Roo's Burden, a chambered cairn, as viewed from the roadside. The purpose of my visit to Orkney was to recce most of the major sites, but in true megarak spirit, I had to look at or at least photo any 'lesser' monuments I passed. This was one of them.
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Wideford Hill
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Wideford Hill submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn HY409121. Externally and internally very like Isbister Tomb of the Eagles.
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Log Text: looking west from Wideford, you see its mirror twin at Cuween and the cairns past Finstown at Binscarth (Harper howe). From the top of Wideford hill you can see most of Orkney.
Cuween Hill
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Access 4
Cuween Hill submitted by coin on 9th Jul 2018. Corbelled ceiling in one of the side chambers.
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Unstan
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 8th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Unstan submitted by howar on 27th Jan 2004. Unstan Chambered Cairn front
HY283117 Orkney
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Hare Hill ring cairn
Date Added: 31st May 2022
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Yorkshire (West))
Visited: Yes on 28th May 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Hare Hill ring cairn submitted by drolaf on 30th May 2022. View from cairn to Pendle hill to SWW (behind Weets hill)
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Log Text: definitely one to go back to for the fantastic panorama of the Ribble valley.
Barsalloch
Date Added: 3rd Apr 2022
Site Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Barsalloch submitted by h_fenton on 29th Nov 2010. Barsalloch Promontory Fort viewed from roughly north.
Kite Aerial Photograph
17 September 2010
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Log Text: Iron Age hillfort right in coast with excellent views across to Isle of Man
Rispain Camp
Date Added: 3rd Apr 2022
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Access 4
Rispain Camp submitted by h_fenton on 3rd Oct 2010. Rispain Camp, a Kite Aerial Photograph taken close to the end of the day, this view is from the east.
16 September 2010 @ 6.10pm
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Log Text: in very good nick, with good views NE across Wigtown bay to Cairnharrow and the hills around Cairnhulie.
turn left at the road sign and park up at the visitors car park. then it's a short walk.
Doon Castle (Broch)
Date Added: 11th Apr 2022
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 31st Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5 Access 3
Doon Castle (Broch) submitted by Andy B on 18th Apr 2010. A much better view of the landmark on a pleasant February day as promised after my first photo of this.
Copyright Colin McDonald and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence.
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Log Text: a great location-the broch is on a very steep rock outcrop, and would have been very hard to attack, but also very hard to escape from.
Mid Gleniron 1
Date Added: 3rd Apr 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 30th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Mid Gleniron 1 submitted by rogerkread on 1st May 2013. The cairn with the most visible internal structure at Mid Gleniron, the one furthest west.
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Log Text: a good example of a Galloway burial cairn
Caves of Kilhern
Date Added: 3rd Apr 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 30th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Caves of Kilhern submitted by rogerkread on 1st May 2013. The main 'cave', on a wild April day.
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Log Text: similar burial cairn to Mid Gleniron 1 with cists NE NW SE and SW. in an enclosed valley, with only far views to hills to the NE. Built on a (probable) drumlin/glacial hillock, of which there are several in the area.
Tor of Craigoch
Date Added: 29th Apr 2022
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 30th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
Tor of Craigoch submitted by h_fenton on 14th Jan 2011. A low-level oblique kite aerial photograph from the south of the hillfort 'Tor of Craigoch' with the Agnew Monument (built 1850) at its centre.
19 September 2010
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Log Text: amazing views from the top-of Ireland, the Rhinns, Loch Ryan, Ailsa Craig, the hills inland, Arran and Kintyre. A visit to the Rhinns really emphasises that the water linked all these lands as one.
Kirkcudbright Standing Stones
Date Added: 3rd Apr 2022
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: Scotland (Dumfries and Galloway)
Visited: Yes on 28th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Kirkcudbright Standing Stones submitted by Energyman on 20th Sep 2018. The lower stone.
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Log Text: quaint modern stones set in a sloping field. Made me think, maybe the old Bronze Age stones were not that serious either!
Castle Dykes
Date Added: 21st Sep 2021
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Yorkshire (North))
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Castle Dykes submitted by rich32 on 7th Jul 2004. Castle Dykes Henge, nr Aysgarth, North Yorkshire (SD98228728)
The henge has a diameter of about 75m with the ditch being up to 2m in some places. There are entrances to the north, south & east, although only the eastern one is thought to be original and of antiquity.
This henge is fairly well preserved, but as seems obligatory with our henges its covered in cow poo. This photo (looking east) does not really do the site justice.
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Log Text: the henge lies on a rise to the east of Addleborough hill, and sits directly between that hill and Pen hill to the east, two very distinctive hills. There are good long distance views to the east (North York Moors) and north to Carperby cairn. No attempt has been made to level the site so it takes the shape of the spur it is on. A small amount of rabbit damage.
Casterton
Date Added: 21st Sep 2021
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 20th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Casterton submitted by Bladup on 8th Oct 2014. Casterton stone circle.
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Log Text: about 17 stones with a few gaps. stones are only about 12-18 inches high, but quite regularly spaced. It is sited in a relatively level site on a steep hillside, near where a beck starts. Some trouble was taken to level the site, by embanking the eastern side. The site looks out across to the southern Cumbrian heights.
Gunnerkeld
Date Added: 11th Apr 2022
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 18th Sep 2021. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 2
Gunnerkeld submitted by Bladup on 8th Oct 2014. Gunnerkeld.
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Log Text: a '2x donut' with a northern 'portal' and inner facade. seems to have been built around a couple of large granite erratics.