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portable art from ‘Henge’, Grimeston Road (Harray) showing dimple near base. Whins Wifie is 45mm high with body 32mm wide and 30mm to neck which varies 21-27mm wide, dimples 14mm across

Whins Wifie showing other clear dimple

Whins Wifie with possible strike failure for another dimple

face of idol from Springfield quarry just north (probably part of Dale setup). Springfield Quarryman is 38cm high by 5cm thick, 26cm to neck which is 8cm wide, eyes 2.5cm wide (for similar idols from parish see blog “Staneyhill unHenged idolising Harray”)

one edge of Springfield Quarry man

diving bird on lintel of western chamber is neither a scarf ‘cormorant’ or loom ‘Great Northern Diver’ but a duck [though head does resemble a goose do these dive as depicted ?]. Note way diagonal respects this image – part of [intended?] larger piece maybe, so many doodles/graffiti obscure things

foursome

we are family

couple not talking

then were giants

view onto pre-lintel entrance passage – RH looks to have been eroded at outer end

pre-lintel entrance passage against curve of cairn

pre-lintel entrance passage

entrance passage showing roof

inner end of passage showing lintel

S chamber from near entrance

S chamber threshold and floor

S chamber’s E side

S chamber back

S chamber’s W side

E side of cairn interior from near entrance looking north

N side of cairn interior

N chamber

N chamber back – back ‘panels’ of N and S chamber both share slope towards one side so ??perhaps from previous structure here or elsewhere

W chamber exterior

W chamber interior from opening

W chamber interior with entrance sides

W chamber interior with part of lintel

W chamber’s SW top corner

taking photo of Barnhouse Stone aligned with centre of Maes Howe noticed the field boundary coming straight down Syra Dale. This means the alignment continues to the Setter tumuli in the neighbouring parish of Firth

attempt to amalgamate several maps

view across central portion of mound

northern edge with possible wall-face at front

possible wall-face stone with tape out to 1‘

LH side from surface

RH side from surface