Unstan Chambered Cairn

  • Mainland, Orkney

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Unstan Chambered Cairn 

About 3.5m North East of Stromness on the A965.  

Grid reference - HY 283 117 

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This site is not suitable for visitors arriving by coach. There is no coach parking and it is not possible to turn coaches once you enter the road.

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Open year-round

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Seven tall standing stones, part of the Ring of Brodgar

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Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge
Maeshowe Chambered Cairn.

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Maeshowe Chambered Cairn
Four of the standing stones at Stenness in the evening

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Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge
A general view of the prehistoric village at Skara Brae.

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Skara Brae
The grass covered foundations of a medieval building

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Earl's Bu and Church, Orphir
A very large block of sandstone into which a Neolithic burial chamber has been cut

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Dwarfie Stane
A small grass-covered house built over a small stream

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Click Mill
A brick wall chamber inside the cairn with two openings in its walls

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Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
Seven tall standing stones, part of the Ring of Brodgar

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Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge
Maeshowe Chambered Cairn.

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Maeshowe Chambered Cairn
Four of the standing stones at Stenness in the evening

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Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge
A very large block of sandstone into which a Neolithic burial chamber has been cut

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Dwarfie Stane
A brick wall chamber inside the cairn with two openings in its walls

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Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
A three layered stone cairn, covered by grass

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Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn
Two thick stone walls with smaller stone slabs standing in between them

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Midhowe Chambered Cairn
The underground remains of a stone cairn covered by a modern ceiling

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Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn

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