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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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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