What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hamnavoe, the Giant's Stones as Standing Stone(s) (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the Giant's Stones at Hamnavoe are thought to have functioned as ritual or ceremonial markers, possibly linked to local folklore involving giants or ancestral spirits.
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Places near here
HamnavoeBurnt Mound (prehistoric) · 296 yd
Hamnavoe, Johnny 'notion' Williamson's House and OutbuildingsCottage (period Unassigned), Outbuilding(s) (period Unassigned) · 678 yd
MurrionHorizontal Mill (period Unassigned) · 716 yd
Braewick LochBoat (norse) · 1.1 mi
Tangwick Haa MuseumMuseum · 1.9 mi
Holes of ScraadaCliff · 2.0 mi
Dore HolmIslet · 3.0 mi
Muckle OssaIsland · 3.1 mi
The DrongsNamed rock · 3.3 mi
Stugger HillMountain / peak · 4.0 mi
Lang AyreBeach / strand · 4.1 mi