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Tomb Of The Eagles
Dog walk
23 May 2026
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- Description
- Off to the rather wonderfully named Tomb Of The Eagles. So named as the bones of about 20 white tailed eagles were found in the tomb along with loads of humans of course. In actual fact, the eagle bones seem to be much later that then 5000 year old human bones but it's such a great name I'd stay with it! Now being somewhat of an expert on neolithic tombs, this was a bit of an odd one in that it had both "stalls" for interees as wall as three separate chambers. The tomb has only just been re-opened by a local community group but is doing so well it felt a little crowded - at least compared to Rousay. By crowded, I mean that there were about 2 or 3 people ahead of me to go into the tomb on the slidey trolley (think "The Great Escape"). The later photos are from a nearby bronze age house with a large container for heating water in the centre of the room which has got people very puzzled.
- Start
- 23 May 2026 at 11:16:01
- End
- 23 May 2026 at 13:25:12
- Participants
- Aidan and Liz
- Tags
- Orkney Orkney and Shetland South Ronaldsay Tomb Of The Eagles