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Vestrafiold

Cairn(s)

Nearest Town:Stromness (13km SSE)
OS Ref (GB):   HY24162210 / Sheet: 6
Latitude:59° 4' 45.49" N
Longitude:   3° 19' 23.81" W

Added by CARL


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Saw these cairns marked on the OS map and thought I would take a look.

Unfortunately the weather had other ideas!
Despite it being 2.00pm the rain was coming down and we had full headlights on!
It was very misty/rainy and to be honest I couldn’t see a thing from the road.

Canmore states:
‘Vestrafiold is a compact group of large burial mounds placed in a prominent location overlooking Skara Brae. The mounds havehad large blocks of stone dumped on them and have been impacted by war buildings’.
Posted by CARL
16th July 2012ce