Barnhouse Settlement

Barnhouse Settlement is in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Barnhouse Settlement is situated nearby to the ruins Structure 8, as well as near House 5.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Barnhouse Settlement and Standing Stones of Stenness.

Barnhouse Settlement

Grassland

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The Neolithic Barnhouse Settlement is sited by the shore of Loch of Harray, Orkney Mainland, Scotland, not far from the Standing Stones of Stenness, about 5 miles north-east of Stromness.

Standing Stones of Stenness

Archaeological site

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The Standing Stones of Stenness are a Neolithic monument five miles northeast of Stromness on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. This may be the oldest henge site in the British Isles. Standing Stones of Stenness is situated 700 feet southwest of Barnhouse Settlement.

Watch Stone

Archaeological site

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Watch Stone is an archaeological site, which is situated 780 feet west of Barnhouse Settlement.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stenness and Cairston.

Stenness

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Stenness is a small, scattered village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, on the A965 main road between Kirkwall and Stromness. It has several UNESCO World Heritage Listed neolithic sights: the Stones, Maeshowe and Ring of Brodgar, with Skara Brae a few miles further north.

Cairston

Locality

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Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. Within the village is located the Castle of Cairston which is said to have belonged to the House of Gordons, and may have been built in 1152, as contested in a Saga. Cairston is situated 2½ miles west of Barnhouse Settlement.