A Son of the Rock

The arrangements for accessing Maeshowe in Orkney had changed since the first time we visited. Now you have to take a bus from the visitor centre a few hundred yards along the road. As a result we heard of the Barnhouse Stone which sits in a field a bit west of Maeshowe and lines up with it and one of the solstices.

I later stopped to photograph it:-

Maeshowe from Barnhouse Stone:-

Maeshowe entrance:-

Ness of Brodgar from Maeshowe. The Ness of Brodgar is the spit of land between the two lochs you can see in the photo. Just below the lowest rightmost hill in the background you can make out the Ring of Brodgar:-

View southwest from Maeshowe:-

View from Maeshowe towards Hoy:-

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