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Kensalyre Stone
Trip No.7 Entry No.3 Date Added: 5th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
Kensalyre Stone submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. Not as imposing as the two in Kensaleyre, the stone is much larger. This view is looking back towards Little Loch Snizort
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Eyre Alignment
Trip No.7 Entry No.4 Date Added: 5th May 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Eyre Alignment submitted by Creative Commons on 13th Apr 2010. Sornaichean Coir' Fhinn
A closer view of the stones
It is said that these stones were erected here by Fingal and his fellow hunters to suspend a pot in which whole deer were cooked over a fire to make venison stew.
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Snizort Stone Setting
Trip No.7 Entry No.5 Date Added: 5th May 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2018. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 2
Snizort Stone Setting submitted by hamilton on 13th Sep 2015. Cuidrach Stone Setting and the nearby powerline post, looking approximately north.
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Uig.
Trip No.7 Entry No.6 Date Added: 5th May 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Uig. submitted by Andy B on 13th Apr 2010. Standing Stone at Peinsoraig
Overlooking the village of Uig. Captain Fraser's Folly can be seen to the left of the stone, with Uig Free Church and Uig Hotel in centre of picture.
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Sueno's Stone
Trip No.5 Entry No.10 Date Added: 13th Apr 2018
Site Type: Class III Pictish Cross Slab
Country: Scotland (Moray)
Visited: Yes on 13th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 3 Access 5
Sueno's Stone submitted by dodomad on 1st Jan 2017. Vandals have caused more than £10,000 worth of damage to the glass panels which surround a medieval stone in Moray.
Photo Credit: Historic Environment Scotland
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Kilpatrick Dun
Trip No.27 Entry No.19 Date Added: 1st May 2023
Site Type: Stone Fort or Dun
Country: Scotland (North Ayrshire)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 3
Kilpatrick Dun submitted by bishop_pam on 8th May 2023. It was difficult to get an image of the whole site, which is pretty big, but here's one I like
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Stenness
Trip No.6 Entry No.1 Date Added: 19th Apr 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 18th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Stenness submitted by Runemage on 15th Jul 2005. Ethereal and numinous.
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Barnhouse Settlement
Trip No.6 Entry No.2 Date Added: 19th Apr 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 18th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
Barnhouse Settlement submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Barnhouse Settlement HY306127. Probably in use around the same time of Skara Brae.
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Watch Stone (Orkney)
Trip No.6 Entry No.3 Date Added: 19th Apr 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 18th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Watch Stone (Orkney) submitted by swatson on 18th Jul 2004. Situated 170m NNW of the Stones of Stennes is the Watch Stone; an impressive monolith 5.6m high, dating back to the 3rd millenium BC.
OS HY306125
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Ring of Brodgar
Trip No.6 Entry No.4 Date Added: 22nd Apr 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 18th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Ring of Brodgar submitted by SandyG on 8th Oct 2015. Southern part of the stone circle. (2nd June 2015).
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Log Text: Access to the stones was restricted as the path close to them had been heavily worn, so we had to use a path slightly further away.
Maes Howe
Trip No.6 Entry No.5 Date Added: 19th Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 18th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Maes Howe submitted by howar on 24th Sep 2013. distant Maes Howe ablaze with sun, viewed from the bird hut near the Barnhouse settlement
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Brockan
Trip No.6 Entry No.6 Date Added: 19th Apr 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 19th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 2
Brockan submitted by howar on 23rd May 2004. Brockan settlement
Even on CANMAP this is still down as a chambered tomb. Understandable for the size. But a partial excavation found two chambers each with a short passage leading to a common paved stone-walled enclosure (I am reminded that at least one beehive structure used to reside in Breck Farm's stackyard). So CANMORE says present thinking is a secondary broch settlement or a small Skara Brae type village. Despite, or perhaps because of, the proximity of both Warebeth and Breckness I don...
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Unstan
Trip No.6 Entry No.7 Date Added: 19th Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 19th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 4
Unstan submitted by howar on 27th Jan 2004. Unstan Chambered Cairn front
HY283117 Orkney
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Skara Brae
Trip No.6 Entry No.8 Date Added: 19th Apr 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 19th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Skara Brae submitted by paulinelen on 30th Apr 2012. Hut 1 looking out over the sea - such beautiful colour contrasts creates a fantastic atmosphere.
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Gurness
Trip No.6 Entry No.9 Date Added: 20th Apr 2018
Site Type: Broch or Nuraghe
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 20th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Gurness submitted by SueS on 16th Jul 2013. The Broch of Gurness aerial photo from the west showing its position in relation to the sea
Taken at 20-30 hrs on 6 June 2013
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Cuween Hill
Trip No.6 Entry No.10 Date Added: 22nd Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 21st Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Cuween Hill submitted by ShamrockStone on 2nd Apr 2018. Cuween Hill
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Rennibister Souterrain
Trip No.6 Entry No.11 Date Added: 25th Apr 2018
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 21st Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 3
Rennibister Souterrain submitted by enkidu41 on 5th May 2004. HY 397125
Acces to the 8' x 11' hexagonal chamber to this earth-house is by a trapdoor although originally it wa a sloping passage. The walls are of drystone masonry and upright slabs, its roof of overlapping lintels supported on four heavy pillars.
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Ring of Brodgar
Trip No.6 Entry No.12 Date Added: 25th Apr 2018
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 5
Ring of Brodgar submitted by SandyG on 8th Oct 2015. Southern part of the stone circle. (2nd June 2015).
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Log Text: New turf had been laid since our last visit, so we were able to walk close to the stones and to touch them.
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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