Robert’s guidebook

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Robert’s guidebook

Historic sites

Some of the Historical Sites on the West Mainland
Neolithic Village 4,600 - 5,100 years old. Orkney Explorer Pass Available to Buy From site, gives access To Skara Brae/Maeshowe/Broch of Gurness/Bishops and Earls Palace. Plus in high summer Brough of birsay and on Hoy Hackness Battery Has a Café and Shop
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Skara Brae Prehistoric Village
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Neolithic Village 4,600 - 5,100 years old. Orkney Explorer Pass Available to Buy From site, gives access To Skara Brae/Maeshowe/Broch of Gurness/Bishops and Earls Palace. Plus in high summer Brough of birsay and on Hoy Hackness Battery Has a Café and Shop
Visitor centre for trips to Maeshowe via the shuttle bus. The tours Run on the Hour, recommend booking via The website run by HES or in person, Can get very busy with limited spaces to 24 per hour
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Maeshowe Visitor Centre
Ireland Road
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Visitor centre for trips to Maeshowe via the shuttle bus. The tours Run on the Hour, recommend booking via The website run by HES or in person, Can get very busy with limited spaces to 24 per hour
Open site, June, July and August, Daily tours at 1pm all other months tours on Thursday at 1pm
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布羅德加環形遺址
B9055
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Open site, June, July and August, Daily tours at 1pm all other months tours on Thursday at 1pm
Neolithic Archaeologic dig site, Available to be seen July and August
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Ness of Brodgar
B9055
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Neolithic Archaeologic dig site, Available to be seen July and August
Tours on Wednesday at 10 am June July and August, tour at 10 am on Monday/Wednesday and Friday
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Standing Stones of Stenness
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Tours on Wednesday at 10 am June July and August, tour at 10 am on Monday/Wednesday and Friday
Tidal Island (please check for low tide times ) It has remains of a Viking settlement, a 12th century Monastery and its also a nature reserve and has sea birds nesting in Spring/summer
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Brough of Birsay
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Tidal Island (please check for low tide times ) It has remains of a Viking settlement, a 12th century Monastery and its also a nature reserve and has sea birds nesting in Spring/summer
Iron Age Broch, Open April to Sept 9.30 - 4.45
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Broch of Gurness
Aikerness
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Iron Age Broch, Open April to Sept 9.30 - 4.45
Besides the fact we live in Twatt, there is a WW2 airfield where you can look around the old buildings
Twatt
Besides the fact we live in Twatt, there is a WW2 airfield where you can look around the old buildings
Horizontal Water mill. Can be muddy, so recommend Boots and torch
Click Mill
Hillside Road
Horizontal Water mill. Can be muddy, so recommend Boots and torch
Neolithic Tomb. Free access and open everyday. Recommend seeing this as well as Maeshowe as they are different style of tombs
Unstan chambered cairn
Neolithic Tomb. Free access and open everyday. Recommend seeing this as well as Maeshowe as they are different style of tombs
Neolithic Tomb, Needs a torch and 84cm high entrance, Free and Open
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn
Old Finstown Road
Neolithic Tomb, Needs a torch and 84cm high entrance, Free and Open
Mill in Birsay, Open 10 -5 (closed for lunch ) May - Sept. Interesting Working Mill.
Barony Mill
Mill in Birsay, Open 10 -5 (closed for lunch ) May - Sept. Interesting Working Mill.
Comes with the ticket to see Skara Brae
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Skaill House
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Comes with the ticket to see Skara Brae
Free access site, Viking Earl Palace.
Birsay Earl's Palace
Free access site, Viking Earl Palace.
12th Century Bishops Palace. 15th Century Earls palace, opposite the Cathedral in Kirkwall
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Bishop's and Earl's Palaces
Watergate
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12th Century Bishops Palace. 15th Century Earls palace, opposite the Cathedral in Kirkwall
Beautiful Sandstone, cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall
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聖瑪格諾斯大教堂
Broad Street
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Beautiful Sandstone, cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall