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Edin's Hall Broch
Visit a rare example of a Lowland broch – a kind of fortification usually found only in northern Scotland.
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Edrom Church
Visit a true Romanesque relic: an 1100s entrance arch, reused in a later burial vault.
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Eynhallow Church
Explore the ruins of a Norse church on the uninhabited ‘Holy Isle’.
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Fort Charlotte
Wander along the massive walls of an artillery fort built to protect the Sound of Bressay from the Dutch.
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Foulden Tithe Barn
Find a rare example of a tithe barn, constructed to store agricultural tithes given to the Church.
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Grain Earth House
Climb down into an underground Iron Age chamber supported on stone pillars.
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Greenknowe Tower
View a handsome tower house standing tall on what may be the mound of an earlier castle.
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Holm of Papa Westray Chambered Cairn
Explore the chambers of an unusual Neolithic burial tomb on a small uninhabited island.
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Kelso Abbey
Wander among the remains of one of medieval Scotland’s most spectacular architectural achievements.
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Knap of Howar
Drop in on the oldest standing stone buildings in north-west Europe, occupied more than 5,000 years ago.
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Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn
Enter an ancient burial place dating back more than 5,000 years.
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Links of Noltland
See archaeologists excavate prehistoric settlements that were protected by sand dunes for thousands of years.