huntriss100 (1342 points) 30-07-2008

Until 1850, Skara Brae lay under years of soil sediment when in the winter of that year a large storm stripped the grass from the large mound known... more...

huntriss100 (1342 points) 30-06-2008

I believe that up untill recently that some of the Italian POW’s returned on an annual basis. more...

dmj1962 (32570 points) 29-11-2007

The Dwarfie Stane lies a short walk from the road between Quoyness and Rackwick. It's a 5,000-year old neolithic tomb, hollowed out of a huge singl... more...

dmj1962 (32570 points) 30-11-2007

Maeshowe looks like little more than a grassy mound from the nearby main road. But it is the finest chambered tomb in northern Europe - bar none. O... more...

dmj1962 (32570 points) 04-12-2007

This is a ruined Iron-Age broch and associated prehistoric village from around the first or second century BC, with an absolutely spectacular setti... more...

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