Mount Maesry

Chambered Cairn
HY783435

Also known as:

Mount Misery

Nearest town:

Kirkwall (46km SW)

OS reference:

HY783435

OS sheet:

Latitude:

59° 16' 39.68 N

Longitude:

2° 22' 50.93 W

Added to TMA by

Billy Fear

Images (1)
Fieldnotes (1)

Images

Image of Mount Maesry (Chambered Cairn) by Billy Fear

South facing side. Try to spot the incoming fulmar.
18.06.2012

Image credit: Billy Fear

Billy Fear Mar 12, 2013

Articles

Mount Maesry

Chambered Cairn

Billy Fear Mar 12, 2013

I walked the long way to Mount Misery and all I found was joy.
This impressive cairn is meant to be of the Maes Howe type.
It has been used by the lighthouse keepers to store potatoes in the past, so they say.
It is now used by fulmars as a breeding place so when I went I didn’t want to disturb my favourite birds too much. Otherwise it would have made as a great resting place.