The Howe

Also known as:
Hillock of Howe and The Howe of Howe
Nearest town:
Stromness (3km WSW)
OS reference:
HY276109
OS sheet:
6
Latitude:
58° 58' 45.61 N
Longitude:
3° 15' 34.53 W
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The Howe

wideford
wideford Dec 23, 2003

NMRS No. HY21SE 41. Nothing to see now, move along. All that is left under the soil is the incompletely excavated tomb and whatever might have preceded that.

VERY multi-period: probable Viking longhouse, Pictish settlement, souterrain, broch, roundhouse, passage grave...

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The Howe
Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork
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LauraC Jul 21, 2015

“Then there is the story of a young Orphir man who spent a whole year among the fairies in the Hillock of Howe, near Stromness, and of how he danced there all that time with a jar of whisky on his shoulder. When he was finally pulled out, he complained he had not been allowed to finish his jig. It was only when he saw the uppers of his boots dangling about his ankles that he realised he had danced the soles completely off”

Source: A peculiar people and other Orkney tales by Leask (1931)

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