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Sweyn's Castle - burnt mound (Prehistoric) is a castle in Orkney Islands, Scotland.
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- Rude Health, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- George Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Derek Mayes, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bill Boaden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Graeme Smith, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- John Comloquoy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Iain Macaulay, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Millburn Bay, GairsayPier · 237 yd
Gairsay, Hen of GairsayEnclosure · 299 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_912028.jpg/250px-Trig_Point_and_Cairn,_highest_point_on_Gairsay_(102_metres)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_912028.jpg "Photo: George Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0")
Trig Point and Cairn, highest point on Gairsay (102 metres)Ancient tomb or cairn · 822 yd.jpg/250px-Ruin_on_Sweyn_Holm_(geograph_2293819).jpg "Photo: Derek Mayes, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0")
Sweyn HolmBuilding · 852 yd
Holm of BorayShip (16th Century) · 999 yd
Gairsay, Langskaill HouseCastle (medieval) · 1720 yd
Seal SkerryIslet · 1.4 mi
Holm of RendallIslet · 1.6 mi
Rendall Old CemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 2.1 mi
Bay of HinderayreBay · 2.2 mi
Bay of FurrowendBay · 2.3 mi
Cubbie Roo's CastleCastle · 2.7 miMore castles and forts in Orkney Islands · All of Orkney Islands
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