Houton
Houton is a Village in the county of Orkney Islands.
Houton postcode: KW17 2RE
There are great places to visit near Houton.
Houton History
There are some historic monuments around Houton:
- Overbigging, enclosure 160m W of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cursus/bank barrow SM9674
- Houton, chapel 60m E of Sunnybraes Ecclesiastical: chapel SM3245
- Upper Sower, coastal battery N of, Clestrain 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM13449
- St Nicholas' Church, settlement and mill, Orphir Ecclesiastical: church; Secular: Viking settlement, Norse settlement SM13379
- Howe Harper,cairn 300m NW of Binscarth,Finstown Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1281
- Ring of Brogar, stone circle, henge and nearby remains Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring SM90042
- Scad Head, coast artillery battery, camp and railway, Hoy 20th Century Military and Related: Battery; Industrial: rail SM13497
- Knowe of Onston,or Unstan,chambered cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM90232
- Ness, mound 140m NW of, Grimeston Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM1337
- Stenness, stone circle and henge Prehistoric ritual and funerary: henge SM90285
- Houton Head, battery 325m W of Sunnybraes 20th Century Military and Related: Anti-submarine boom-tethering point SM13465
- Bu of Orphir, burnt mound and mill dam 250m NW of Bu Farm Industrial: farming, food production; Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM4725
- Ring of Bookan,chambered cairn 180m SW of Bookan Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM1370
- Barnhouse Stone, standing stone Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM90341
- Skae Frue, mound 300m SW of Buckan Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1379
- Scapa Flow, wrecks of 3 battleships of German High Seas Fleet 20th Century Military and Related: Shipwreck SM9298
- Big Howe, broch 260m WNW of Stenness Church Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM13461
- Crockness,Martello Tower,Long Hope Secular: martello tower SM2726
- Hillock of Breakna, broch 300m SE of Swanbister House Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1445
- Cuween Hill, chambered cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM90092
- Lochview, standing stones and cairn SE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM7647
- Scapa Flow, wrecks of 4 cruisers of German High Seas Fleet 20th Century Military and Related: Shipwreck SM9308
- Wasbister, burial mounds and settlement 650m SE of Buckan Cottage Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM7700
- Maes Howe, chambered cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM90209
- Little Barnhouse, mound, 160m NE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM10233
- The Hillock Broch, Finstown Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1448
- Diamond Cottage,defended promontory N of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort); Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosure (ritual or funerary); Secular: Viking settlement, Norse settlement SM5871
- Hall of Ireland, cairns 320m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1248
- Cummi Howe, broch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1256
- Quoyer,mound 480m NNW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM1335
- Wasbister, Stenness - Sandwick parish boundary, earthwork Prehistoric domestic and defensive: linear earthwork; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosure (ritual or funerary); Secular: linear earthwork, dyke SM7855
- Watch Stone, stone settings, Barnhouse settlement, and related remains Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM90352
- Lavacroon, settlement W of Bu of Orphir Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement; Secular: Viking settlement, Norse settlement SM6405
- Buckan, enclosure 150m N of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosure (ritual or funerary) SM13473
- Wasbister, mounds SSE of The Brecks Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM7857
- Bookan, chambered cairn 300m SSE of Buckan Cottage Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM1243
