The Dwarfie Stane is a megalithic chambered tomb carved out of a titanic block of Devonian Old Red Sandstone located in a steep-sided glaciated valley...
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modern folklore surrounding specific landscape features such as the Dwarfie Stane, a chambered tomb located on the island of Hoy, and the Dvergasteinn...
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glen carrying the road between Moaness and Rackwick, in which lies the Dwarfie Stane. The existence of Anastrepta orcadensis (also known as Orkney Notchwort)...
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and West Mainland National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. The Dwarfie Stane lies in the north of the Rackwick valley and dates back to around 3000...
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white-tailed sea eagle and over 25 kilograms (55 lb) of pottery shards. The Dwarfie Stane tomb on the island of Hoy is made from a single huge block of red sandstone...
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MacDonald, George (1936), "The Dwarfie Stane, Hoy, Orkney: its period and purpose. Note on 'Jo. Ben' and the Dwarfie Stane" (PDF), Proceedings of the Society...
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small number of Neolithic tombs in Europe, such as the c. 3,000 B.C. Dwarfie Stane on the Orkney island of Hoy, were cut directly from the rock, rather...
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Persian language. He is known for a carved inscription he left on the Dwarfie Stane, a Neolithic rock-cut tomb in an erratic block on the island of Hoy...
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December 2012. "Fetlar, Funziegirt". Canmore. Retrieved 15 May 2011. "The Dwarfie Stane, Hoy" Orkneyjar. Retrieved 27 May 2010. Wickham-Jones (2007) p. 54 Armit...
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Orkney, that feature expansive views across the Bay of Firth. Inside the Dwarfie Stane, also in Orkney, it is possible to cast a panoramic image of the uplands...
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