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Unstan Chambered Cairn
Stenness, Scotland
A Neolithic burial cairn on a small promontory in the Loch of Stenness.
- Cost
- Free
- Booking
- No need to book
- Time to allow
- 30 min
Unstan is a hybrid of two Orkney cairn types and gave its name to a style of pottery. It sits on a spit that juts into the loch, with swans and waders around it. Quick to visit and often empty.
Good to know
- Short walk from the road
- Free
- Best time
- Quiet morning
- Open
- All year
- Getting there
- Short walk from lay-by
- Vehicles
- Campervans fine
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