Scottish Highlands - Prehistoric Sites

Midhowe is a huge Neolithic chambered tomb in an oval mound with 25 stalls. The monument is protected by a modern building, which has walkways over the tomb, providing excellent views down into the chambers.
Westness, Rousay, Orkney, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Mine Howe is a mysterious underground chamber near Tankerness, Orkney, accessed by a steep flight of 29 steps. The chamber was built around 200 BC - 500 AD, but its use is uncertain.
Tankerness, Mainland, Orkney, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Mousa Broch is considered to be the finest surviving Iron Age broch in the world. Standing 40 feet high and 50 feet in diameter at the base, with a long entrance passage and a stair leading inside the wall to a series of galleries and a walkway atop the building.
Mousa, Shetland, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Heritage Highlight: The most complete and tallest broch in the world
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In a stunning location on the edge of the sea, this stone blockhouse is probably of Iron Age date, though there similarities to the construction techniques used in later broch building. It was likely built for defensive purposes, though it would have taken a determined invader to attack the location! There are three cells surviving, and the site gives views across to the lighthouse on Sumburgh Head.
Scatness, Shetland, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Heritage Highlight: A well-preserved Iron Age fort in a stunning location
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In a striking clifftop location stand the well-preserved remains of an Iron Age broch. The broch was built between 100 BC and 100 AD, but Nybster may have been occupied as early as 700 BC. Finds from the excavated site can be seen in the nearby Caithness Broch Centre.
A99, Nybster, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, KW1 4XR

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Heritage Highlight: One of the best preserved brochs in Caithness
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The best-preserved stone circle in the southern isles, Pobull Fhinn stands on the slope of a hill looking east over Loch Langass, with the mass of Ben Langass in the distance. The name loosely translates as 'Finn's People', a reference to the mythical Gaelic hero Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn MacCool).
Langais, Clachan, North Uist, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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There can surely be no ancient standing stone in Britain with easier access than this! The solitary stone at Pollachar is on the very southern tip of South Uist, looking out to sea, immediately beside the road.
B888, Pollachar, South Uist, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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Quoyness is a good example of a Neolithic chambered tomb, built around 3000 BC. The tomb stands in a ritual landscape, near another chambered tomb and several smaller Bronze Age burial cairns.
Sanday, Orkney, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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A small stone beside the River Naver is carved with the sign of a cross. The stone is said to mark the grave of 'The Red Priest', possibly St Maelrubha, who was killed by Vikings in AD 722.
B871, Skail, Strathnaver, Highlands and Islands, Scotland, KW11 6UA

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One of the best-preserved Neolithic chambered cairns in the Uists, and also one of the easiest to access. Reineval sits in an exposed position on the northern slope of Beinn Reinebhal. The cairn is about 75 feet wide at the base, which is set with upright kerb stones, of which about 12 are still standing. The mound is about 12 feet high, with a 3 feet wide entrance to the main chamber.

Mingarry, South Uist, Highlands and Islands, Scotland

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