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Unstan Chambered Cairn: A very special burial mound

The small burial mound Unstan Cairn on Orkney is not as famous as Maeshowe, but it is less frequented and can be visited free of charge. Head down and in through the narrow passage. Visitors have to be agile here. The Unstan Chambered Cairn is not that big and is perhaps not one of the […]

Old Man of Hoy – the old man and the sea near Orkney

Old Man of Hoy mit Regenbogen

It stands like a giant sentinel on the west coast of the Orkney Islands: the Old Man of Hoy. The rocky spire rises almost 140 metres out of the sea – the only question is: for how much longer?

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