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Dwarfie Stane
Dwarfie Stane in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 4 h–12 h
About
Dwarfie Stane is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Dwarfie Stane is a megalithic chambered tomb carved out of a titanic block of Devonian Old Red Sandstone located in a steep-sided glaciated valley between the settlements of Quoys and Rackwick on Hoy, an island in Orkney, Scotland. The stone is a glacial erratic located in desolate peatland. The site is managed by Historic Environment Scotland.
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Background
History
inscription on the Dwarfie Stane]] The tomb has been plundered by making an opening through the roof of the chamber. The time of this event is not known, but the hole in the roof had been noted by the 16th century. The hole was repaired with concrete in the 1950s or 1960s. Above the Persian is Mounsey's name written backwards in Latin.
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- Coordinates
- 58.8847, -3.3128
- Address
- Scotland, United Kingdom
Sources
- wikidata: Q1268415 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dwarfie Stane (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dwarfie Stane?
- Dwarfie Stane is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 58.8847°, -3.3128°.