HistoryHidden gem
Mine Howe
Tankerness, Scotland
A strange Iron Age stepped chamber dug six metres into a mound.
- Cost
- Paid
- Booking
- Best to book
- Time to allow
- 45 min
Mine Howe is a man-made chamber in a mound, reached down a narrow stone stair. Nobody is quite sure what it was for. Check ahead before you visit, because opening is limited.
Good to know
- Check opening before going
- Narrow, steep steps
- Best time
- Dry day
- Open
- Seasonal
- Getting there
- Rural road from Kirkwall
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
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