What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Orkney Islands.
Probably dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the standing stone at Birsay may have had ceremonial or territorial significance, possibly linked to wider ritual landscapes in Orkney. Local folklore sometimes associates such stones with ancient giants or protective boundaries.
Places near here
Oxtro BrochArchaeological place · 345 yd
StangerStructure(s) (period Unassigned) · 493 yd
Boardhouse Loch from Ravie HillMountain or hill · 662 yd
The Barony MillOld home or work place · 1005 yd
Birsay, Boardhouse Mills, Threshing MillThreshing Mill(s) (post Medieval) · 1060 yd
Langaness and Newan from Ravie HillMountain or hill · 1089 yd
Birsay VillageNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1483 yd
North east tower of Earl's PalaceCastle, fort or tower · 1541 yd
Earl's PalaceCastle · 1566 yd
Skiba GeoBay · 1.2 mi
yellowbird galleryGallery · 1.2 mi
Point of BuckquoyNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.3 miOther information
Photo: David Wyatt · CC BY-SA 2.0