HistoryHidden gem
Dwarfie Stane, Hoy
Hoy, Scotland
A prehistoric tomb carved out of a single boulder, which you can climb into.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 45 min
The Dwarfie Stane is a rock-cut chambered tomb hollowed from a huge block of sandstone in a lonely valley on Hoy. It is a tight fit inside. Persian graffiti from 1850 is on the outside.
Good to know
- Take the Hoy car ferry from Houton
- Open all year, no ticket
- Best time
- Any
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Short path from the road on Hoy
- Vehicles
- Fine in any car
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