The Quoyness Chambered Cairn is approximately 5,000 years old and is located on the shoreside. The cairn is about 4 metres high, and can be accessed through the small entrance passage, itself 9 metres long. Only half the entrance passage is roofed. A stone platform surrounds the cairn. The Cairn had bones from 10 adults and 5 children removed.
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Kettletoft Bay Beach is a sandy and stone sheltered bay to the east of the village of Kettletoft on the south coast of Sanday in the Orkney Islands. On the headland to the east, you have the Quoyness Chambered Cairn. Kettletoft is the main settlement on the south of the island and you have a choice of places to eat. The Read more…
Backaskaill Bay is a long sweeping white sandy beach backed by grass covered sand dunes. The beach is remote and has no facilities. You will need to bring everything with you and remember to take your rubbish away. Read more…
Bay of Stove Beach is a sandy beach that becomes a large area at low tide but also no beach at high tide. The ruined farm behind the beach is unusual in the Orkney islands in that it represents early industrialised farming incorporating a steam-powered threshing barn and projecting byre with granary. Read more…
Whitemill Bay is a white sandy beach backed by sand dunes. The beach is located on the northern coastline of Sanday that itself is the largest of the North Isles of Orkney. A remote beach with no facilities so make sure you bring everything you need. Read more…
Start Point Lighthouse was built by Robert Stevenson and completed on 2 October 1806. This was the first Scottish lighthouse to have a revolving light and since 1915 has exhibited distinctive black and white vertical stripes which are unique in Scotland. The light was automated in 1962 and is powered by a bank of solar panels. Read more…
