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Historic Attractions in Orkney
Subcategory: Historic Sites & Monuments, Lighthouses or Towns & Villages
Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3LR
The best preserved prehistoric village in northen Europe, with eight dwellings linked by low alleyways. The beautifully...
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Eday, Orkney, KW17
This well-preserved chambered cairn is built of massive blocks of stone. It has a large central chamber with four side cells.
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Stromness, Orkney, KW17
These tall and extraordinarily impressive standing stones were once part of a circle of twelve stones surrounded by deep...
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Hoy, Orkney, Scotland, UK
This extraordinary tomb has been hollowed out of a solid block of sandstone. Outside the entrance is the original blocking...
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Kirkwall, Orkney, KW17
This well-preserved tomb, has a large main chamber and three side cells. Entrance is now through a hatch in the roof....
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Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, UK
This long stalled cairn, protected by a modern roof, is divided into three compartments. The bones of 29 people were found...
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Stenness, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3HA
The finest megalithic tomb in the British Isles, built in Neolithic times before 2700 BC. Runic inscriptions tell of how...
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Finstown, Orkney, Scotland, UK
A magnificent chambered cairn with a beautifully constructed inner chamber containing four side cells. Reached by...
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Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, UK
Protected by a modern structure, this huge tomb, 23 metres in length is divided by upright slabs into twelve compartments....
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Birsay, Orkney, Scotland, UK
On this island, easily accessible at low tide, there was once a major Pictish and Viking settlement. The ruins of a 12th...
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Sanday, Orkney, Scotland, UK
This outstanding tomb stands on Els Ness peninsula, a site of many burial mounds and smaller cairns. Quoyness has a...
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Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, UK
Standing on a promontory and protected by a massive rampart, the broch and its associated buildings are very...
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Stromness, Orkney, Scotland, UK
This historic town developed during the 18th century after it was chosen by the Hudson's Bay Company as a base for...
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Rousay, Orkney, KW17
A most unusual double storeyed chambered cairn. Each chamber has its own separate entrance.
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| 1 | Skara Brae Prehistoric Village (HS) | Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3LR | |
| 2 | Vinquoy Chambered Cairn | Eday, Orkney, KW17 | |
| 3 | Stones of Stenness (HS) | Stromness, Orkney, KW17 | |
| 4 | Dwarfie Stane Tomb (HS) | Hoy, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 5 | Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn (HS) | Kirkwall, Orkney, KW17 | |
| 6 | Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn (HS) | Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 7 | Maes Howe (HS) | Stenness, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3HA | |
| 8 | Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn (HS) | Finstown, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 9 | Midhowe Chambered Cairn (HS) | Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 10 | Brough of Birsay (HS) | Birsay, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 11 | Quoyness Chambered Cairn (HS) | Sanday, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 12 | Midhowe Broch (HS) | Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 13 | Stromness | Stromness, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 14 | St Boniface | Papa Westray, Orkney, KW17 2BU | |
| 15 | Taversoe Tuick Chambered Cairn (HS) | Rousay, Orkney, KW17 |
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