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Staney Hill

Standing Stone / Menhir

Folklore

It is said that the party who transferred the bones of St. Magnus from Birsay to Kirkwall stopped here to await the Harray men who would share the task, these men were said to have scuttled out from their huts like crabs, which gave the inhabitants of Harray their parish nickname! Ravenfeather Posted by Ravenfeather
25th August 2012ce

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