<< Our Photo Pages >> Holm of Rendall - Cairn in Scotland in Orkney
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Holm of RendallCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Finstown Nearest Village: Norseman
Map Ref: HY4283220735
Latitude: 59.069716N Longitude: 2.998802W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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On an islet. The cairn on the Holm of Rendall has no report I can find, official or unofficial, and you can't walk to it. But recently I was able to observe it from the road above at low tide around the time of the eclipse and it is obvious that it used to be connected to the mainland as I saw only a small water channel between the two rocky shorelines, wouldn't be surprised if you could wade to it like the bloke did to Damsay. And there appears to be a causeway curving around from the cairn to follow the disappeared 'land-bridge' to land close to the Iron Age site of Tammaskirk. But another view could show this as part of a strange quartering of the islet. Even a low tide from the sea's edge below the Ha' of Rendall couldn't get me close enough for a detailed image of the cairn. However the stones below the turf too darn regular to be natural, there's just something about the way they look (though I'm sure I'm only imaging a herringbone effect).
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