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Kilvaxter souterrain
Trip No.7 Entry No.7 Date Added: 5th May 2018
Site Type: Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House)
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
Kilvaxter souterrain submitted by LizH on 30th Aug 2005. The tunnel with a view to the far end.
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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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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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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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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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Borve Stone Row
Trip No.7 Entry No.2 Date Added: 5th May 2018
Site Type: Stone Row / Alignment
Country: Scotland (Isle of Skye)
Visited: Yes on 5th May 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Borve Stone Row submitted by Andy B on 24th Nov 2010. Borve Stone Row taken in about 1997
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Drumuie Standing Stone
Trip No.7 Entry No.1 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 4 Access 5
Drumuie Standing Stone submitted by Andy B on 14th Apr 2010. A singleton stone close to the main Portree to Uig road.
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Isbister: Tomb Of The Eagles
Trip No.6 Entry No.22 Date Added: 30th Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
Isbister: Tomb Of The Eagles submitted by cosmic on 20th Feb 2005. Exiting the Tomb
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Eastside
Trip No.6 Entry No.21 Date Added: 30th Apr 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 29th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
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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Dwarfie Stane
Trip No.6 Entry No.20 Date Added: 30th Apr 2018
Site Type: Rock Cut Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 28th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 5 Access 3
Dwarfie Stane submitted by steveco on 24th Feb 2002. Dwarfie Stane Rock Cut Tomb HY244005. Unique to the this area of abundant ancient sites.
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Blackhammer
Trip No.6 Entry No.19 Date Added: 25th Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Tomb
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
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
Trip No.6 Entry No.18 Date Added: 25th Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 3
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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Langstane (Orkney)
Trip No.6 Entry No.17 Date Added: 25th Apr 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 25th Apr 2018. My rating: Ambience 4 Access 5
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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Yetnasteen
Trip No.6 Entry No.16 Date Added: 24th Apr 2018
Site Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 3
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
Trip No.6 Entry No.15 Date Added: 24th Apr 2018
Site Type: Chambered Cairn
Country: Scotland (Orkney)
Visited: Yes on 24th Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 4 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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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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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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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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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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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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