Rousay, Quoygreena

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Recorded parish

Rousay and Egilsay

What is recorded here

Rousay, Quoygreena is a farmstead in Orkney Islands, Scotland.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 182077

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Photo credits

• Rob Burke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
• MichaelMaggs, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
• Gordon Hatton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Russel Wills, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Des Colhoun, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Claire Pegrum, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• s allison, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Stanley Howe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Midhowe Cairn interiorAncient tomb or cairn · 441 ydThe Wirk 11th Century tower - either a hall or church towerArchaeological place · 479 ydMidhowe Chambered Cairn - 3,500 BCArchaeological place · 492 yd

Explorer Tom Rousay has plenty of ancient tombs, but Midhowe Chambered Cairn has gone and built itself a roof worthy of a small…

Mapped cemeteryCemetery · 507 ydRousay, Westside, Swandro, St Mary's ChurchBurial Ground (post Medieval), Church (post Medieval), Panel (wood)(17th Century), Panel (wood)(18th Century) · 510 ydRousay, MidhoweChambered Cairn (neolithic), Inhumation(s) (neolithic) - (early Bronze Age) · 513 ydChurch remains by Geo of SkaillChurch, cross or graveyard · 534 ydRousay, HallgateBuilding, Enclosure, Farmstead, Field System · 540 ydRousay, SkaillFarmstead (post Medieval), Hall House (norse), Kiln Barn (post Medieval) · 563 ydArch and cave by Scabra Head, RousayCave · 1641 ydTwelve hour tower on RousayCastle, fort or tower · 1.0 miLanding Beach marker cairnsBeach · 1.2 mi

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