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Pierce Wood Camp 1
Date Added: 28th Jul 2019
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: Wales (Monmouthshire)
Visited: Yes on 4th Mar 2016
Pierce Wood Camp 1 submitted by drolaf on 4th Mar 2016. View from Piercefield SE over the Severn.
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Log Text: None
Barp Reineval
Date Added: 4th Jun 2024
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (South Uist)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Barp Reineval submitted by SandyG on 23rd May 2016. View from the south east (28 August 2015).
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Log Text: Capstone 1.5m x 1.8m 0.3m thick plus adjacent stone 1.2m x 0.6 x 0.6 m
views of mountains to east. view west blocked.
https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue8/cummings/reineval1.html
Panorama
https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue8/cummings/qtvr/reinev/reinev.htm
Pollachar
Date Added: 4th Jun 2024
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (South Uist)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Access 5
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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Frobost chambered cairn
Date Added: 4th Jun 2024
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (South Uist)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jun 2024. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Frobost chambered cairn submitted by drolaf on 4th Jun 2024. view of cairn from SE
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Log Text: i noticed there were lots of pink quartz crystaline rocks mixed with the grey boulders
Quoyness Barrow
Date Added: 29th Dec 2024
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
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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Log Text: pretty stunning place to visit. long sandy beach, seals etc
Augmund Howe
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 20th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Augmund Howe submitted by DrewParsons on 18th Oct 2010. PID photo. Sept 2010.
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Log Text: had fulmars nesting in it so i did not disturb them,
Vinquoy
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 2
Vinquoy Chambered Cairn submitted by shogbits on 24th Feb 2006. External view of Vinquoy chambered cairn - not far from the Stone of Setter.
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Log Text: a prominent position on the hill with a superb views over the islands, and it lines up with the Setter stone and Mill loch cairn down the hill. it was very damp and there was a fine mist or dust in the chambers. The corbelled side cells are quite large compared to Wideford and Cuween. One side cell had water in.
Huntersquoy
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn submitted by shogbits on 24th Feb 2006. Huntersquoy Chambered Cairn. Apparently this is a two storey construction. I would have liked to have gone inside but the entrance was tiny and full of water at the time.
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Log Text: None
Braeside
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Braeside submitted by LizH on 19th Nov 2004. Braeside Orkney
I was on a minibus trip round Eday when I insisted on jumping out to take a picture of this; even though it was very misty. The other 6 people stayed firmly on the bus, although this was one of Eday's 'sights'. But despite the mist, I got a nice picture.
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Stone of Setter
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2022. My rating: Ambience 5 Access 2
Stone of Setter submitted by LizH on 17th Nov 2004. The Stone of Setter is an impressive site, very tall and imposing.
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Fold of Setter
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Misc. Earthwork
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 21st Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Access 2
Fold of Setter submitted by DrewParsons on 19th Oct 2010. The site sign. September 2010.
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Yetnasteen
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 10th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
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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Taversoe Tuick
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
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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Log Text: located on a knoll next to Trumland burn
Blackhammer
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 9th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5
Blackhammer submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Blackhammer Chambered Cairn HY415276. Ancient cairn entombed in a modern bunker.
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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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Log Text: None
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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Log Text: None
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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Gurness
Date Added: 25th Jun 2022
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
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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