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Tomb of the Eagles
South Ronaldsay, Scotland
A 5,000-year-old clifftop tomb and visitor centre where you can hold the finds.
- Cost
- Paid
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 2 hours
A farmer found the tomb in the 1950s and a community trust runs it now. At the visitor centre you can handle original artefacts, then walk about a mile along the cliffs to the tomb. The coastal path is lovely in summer.
Good to know
- Open daily from 10, last entry 3:30pm
- No online booking, turn up
- Allow time for the 1-mile cliff walk
- Best time
- Weekday morning
- Open
- Seasonal, closes in October
- Getting there
- Off the A961 to St Margaret's Hope, car park at the centre
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
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