

looking down on south side from Mount Pleasant track
looking down on southern side from main road
looking down on east side from main road
situation from opposite bank of present burn course looking at east side
situation from opposite bank of present burn course
looking over onto central excavation from the north
view from approx E of area from downhill, access by track from Old Hall in top half of pic
viewed from edge of Standing Stones Hotel grounds
view from edge of Standing Stones Hotel grounds
Watch Stone to Stones of Stenness viwed from Ireland Road
damaged western chamber and passage sensitively restored by owner and local mason in April; the top piece is that originally hit by digger – note marks – ,the middle came from the shore and the front piece was found almost entirely buried alongside the tomb and slotted in perfectly
top of restored chamber with central passage top centre and an offshoot running to its left [Ginger is brilliant]
looking down on restored passage (keyed here from large angled stone right of centre) showing there is here still a piece to go to reach the passage floor [as it stands now still short of true floor level at back of chamber]
top of recovered roofing slab which had been buried alongside the tomb with markings face down – you might make out the lichen in the top right corner, which was all that projected into the air
inscribed stones from tomb area displayed in rotunda, i-iii from left anti-clockwise
mark on stone iii definitely not made by any JCB or suchlike
tower mound from cliff edge gives impression of height
tower mound and ? outer wall mound
tower mound on north side of kirk