Stenness Community School

Stenness Community School is a school in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Stenness Community School is situated nearby to Maeshowe Visitor Centre, as well as near Stenness Post Office.

Email: admin.stenness@glow.orkneyschools.org.uk
Type: School
Address: Stenness, KW16 3LB

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Standing Stones of Stenness and Maeshowe.

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 3,200 feet north of Stenness Community School.

Maeshowe

Protected area

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Maeshowe is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It was probably built around 2800 BC. In the archaeology of Scotland, it gives its name to the Maeshowe type of chambered cairn, which is limited to Orkney. Maeshowe is situated 1 mile northeast of Stenness Community School.

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. Barnhouse Settlement is situated 3,800 feet north of Stenness Community School.

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 Stenness Community School.