Taversöe Tuick

More accessible than some sites

Not sure why it says here that it is temporarily closed. It was certainly open in July 2022. Well worth a visit. More accessible than most of the other neolithic sites on Rousay and an unusual form...

Worth visiting

This is a really interesting cairn as it is on 2 levels and also has an extra small cairn on the side. You can get into the lower level by going down a rather rickety ladder. It is quite near the ...

Great little tomb

I really like this tomb. There are great chambers to explore at ground level but if you're a bit more adventurous you can also head down the ladder to the lower chambers. Perhaps tricky for some but w...

Get yourself over to Rousay if you want to see cairns

Rousay is rightly called the Egypt of Orkney as it has so many cairns and a stunning broch. It's a fair sized island and well worthing taking your car over from Tingwall. There's an informative inte...

Two level chambered cairn

This cairn is unlike others we visited whilst in the Orkneys (eg Unstandardised, Tomb of the Eagles, BlackhammerJ because it is built on two levels with a passage entry at both levels. A modern era me...