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 ...
Dwarfie Stane
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Historical landmark in Hoy, Scotland
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 between the settlements of Quoys and Rackwick on Hoy, an island in Orkney, Scotland. The stone is a glacial erratic located in desolate peatland.
Address: Hoy, Stromness KW16 3NJ, United Kingdom
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Find out about the Dwarfie Stane, a remote prehistoric tomb said to have hosted guests both famous and mythical. Visit the site today or contact Historic ...
Take a look at the history of the Dwarfie Stane, an unusual rock-cut tomb that's hosted a spy, a geologist, and in legend, a dwarf.
Measuring just eight metres long, the Dwarfie Stane features a narrow opening which leads to a small chamber inside. This hollowing-out work would have been ...
The Dwarfie Stane is 28 feet long, 14 feet wide and 8 feet high. Part of it is sunken into the ground. Using only stone or antler tools, a passage and two cells ...
A huge block of red sandstone about 8.5 metres long. It was hollowed out using the only tools available to Neolithic people.
Mar 16, 2023 ˇ One of its ancient relics is the Dwarfie Stane, a rather enigmatic prehistoric tomb that sits in the solitude of Hoy Island. Who carved it, and ...
Apr 23, 2024 ˇ Lying in a steep-sided valley between Quoys and Rackwick, the Dwarfie Stane has been considered to be Britain's only example of a rock-cut prehistoric tomb ...
Known as the Dwarfie Stone, from a distance it appears unremarkable: a huge block of sandstone brought by the travelling ice sheets millions of years ago.
Feb 11, 2021 ˇ Orkney Islands storyteller Tom Muir tells the Orkney folktale of the dwarf family who once lived ...
Duration: 3:30
Posted: Feb 11, 2021
Duration: 3:30
Posted: Feb 11, 2021