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Dun Scolpaig
Date Added: 8th Feb 2019
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 25th Aug 2015. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 5
Dun Scolpaig submitted by h_fenton on 12th Nov 2013. Scolpaig Tower was built in the 1830s to provide employment for some of the local people who were affected by the potato famine. The tower stands on a small island in Loch Scolpaig, it is thought that the tower occupies the site of an earlier dun or crannog.
Viewed from the west.
Kite Aerial Photograph
17 September 2012
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Log Text: Clearly visible from the roadside.
Loch A Phobuill
Date Added: 8th Feb 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 30th Aug 2015. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Loch A Phobuill submitted by h_fenton on 1st Jul 2007. Loch A Phobuill stone circle, one of the larger stones, more stones in the circle are just visable in the background
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Pobull Fhinn
Date Added: 9th Feb 2019
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (North Uist)
Visited: Yes on 27th Aug 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Pobull Fhinn submitted by jeffrep on 19th Feb 2008. Site in North Uist
Pobull Fhinn Overlooking Loch Langais with Ben Eval is the Distance, No. Uist, Western Isles, Scotland
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Isbister: Tomb Of The Eagles
Date Added: 3rd Jan 2015
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Would like to visit
Isbister: Tomb Of The Eagles submitted by cosmic on 20th Feb 2005. Exiting the Tomb
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Links of Noltland
Date Added: 6th Jan 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Links of Noltland submitted by SandyG on 17th Jun 2015. Substantial wall forming part of the Neolithic settlement. Midden deposits visible in section to the right. (12th June 2015).
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Barnhouse Settlement
Date Added: 7th Jan 2019
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 2nd Jun 2015. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 5
Barnhouse Settlement submitted by SandyG on 8th Aug 2015. House 2. View from east with Ness of Brodgar in the background. (2nd June 2015).
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Log Text: Well worth visiting.
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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