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Hoy, Dwarfie Stane

Chambered Cairn (neolithic)
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Recorded parish
Hoy and Graemsay
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Hoy, Dwarfie Stane is a chambered cairn in Orkney Islands, Scotland.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 1597

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  • Sandy Gerrard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Rude Health, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Calum McRoberts, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • David Medcalf, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Bill Griffiths, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Dwarfie StaneHeritage attraction · 1 yd

Explorer Tom The Dwarfie Stane looks as though a giant dropped a sandstone block on Hoy and somebody much smaller decided to move…

Trowie GlenSculpture (modern) · 486 ydSe Ridge of Ward HillMountain or hill · 633 ydBetsey Black: Stromness Harbour, Orkney, AtlanticCraft (19th Century) · 855 ydSw top of Ward Hill, HoyMountain or hill · 1056 ydMountain Hares, HoyMountain or hill · 1564 ydApproaching Ward HillMountain or hill · 1.1 miKnap of TrowieglenMountain / peak · 1.2 miVow RandieMountain / peak · 1.3 miQuoynessSearchlight Emplacement (second World War) · 1.4 miWard Hill, Hoy - summit cairnAncient tomb or cairn · 1.5 miBay of QuoysBay · 1.8 mi

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