Stromness
Stromness is a Town in the county of Orkney Islands.
Stromness postcode: KW16 3BU
There are great places to visit near Stromness.
Stromness History
There are some historic monuments around Stromness:
- Knowe of Angerow, mound Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM1288
- Buckan, enclosure 150m N of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosure (ritual or funerary) SM13473
- Skerry Battery, coast battery (WW2) 460m NNE of Bu 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM13525
- Whaness Burn, enclosed settlement 1420m NNE of Dwarfie Stane, Hoy Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement SM8662
- Scad Head, coast artillery battery, camp and railway, Hoy 20th Century Military and Related: Battery; Industrial: rail SM13497
- Voy, burnt mound Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM1344
- Bookan, chambered cairn 300m SSE of Buckan Cottage Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM1243
- Breckness House and site of chapel Ecclesiastical: chapel; Secular: house SM1487
- Cummi Howe, broch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1256
- Brockan, burnt mound 300m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM1246
- Knowe of Onston,or Unstan,chambered cairn Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM90232
- South Seatter, mound 220m NNE of, Yesnaby Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM1380
- Leafea, standing stones 535m SSW of Broadshore House Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1385
- South Unigarth, souterrain Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM2399
- Cumbla Newgarth, mounds, 200m NNE of Quean Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM1347
- 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
- Lochview, standing stones and cairn SE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM7647
- Dwarfie Stane, rock-cut tomb, Hoy Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM90122
- Graemsay Battery, coast battery and camp 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM13569
- Burrian,broch,NE shore of Loch of Harray Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1429
- Skara Brae, settlement, mounds and other remains Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cist SM90276
- Hall of Ireland, cairns 320m NW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1248
- Sandola, mound 20m SE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM1342
- Billia Fiold, enclosures, platforms and banks Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM13448
- Skae Frue, mound 300m SW of Buckan Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1379
- Verron, broch, platform and cultivation rigs, N of Bay of Skaill Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch; Secular: field system SM1475
- Rosemount & Easthouse, mounds 150m SW of & 350m WSW of Easthouse Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM1352
- Loch of Clumly, broch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1423
- Ness, mound 140m NW of, Grimeston Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM1337
- Vetquoy, mounds N of Lochside Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM1266
- Whaness Burn, enclosure 1680m NNE of Dwarfie Stane, Hoy Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM8663
- Whaness Burn, enclosure 1620m NNE of Dwarfie Stane, Hoy Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM8664
- Wasbister, burial mounds and settlement 650m SE of Buckan Cottage Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM7700
- Slack, square barrow cemetery 360m S and 550m SE of, Braebuster, Hoy Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM13530
- Ness Battery, coast defence battery, Stromness 20th Century Military and Related: Battery; Secular: military accommodation (prefabricated) SM8241
- Houton Head, battery 325m W of Sunnybraes 20th Century Military and Related: Anti-submarine boom-tethering point SM13465
- Upper Cairn,souterrain,Braebuster Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM1437
- Borwick,Brough of,broch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1418
- Stenness, stone circle and henge Prehistoric ritual and funerary: henge SM90285
- Midhouse, burial mounds 450m S of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM1349
- 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
- Linga Fiolds, mounds 220m NW of Upper Lyking Cottage Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM1348
- Brough of Bigging, promontory fort, Yesnaby Prehistoric domestic and defensive: fort (includes hill and promontory fort) SM6214
- Big Howe, broch 260m WNW of Stenness Church Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM13461
- Little Barnhouse, mound, 160m NE of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary) SM10233
- Ballarat House,burnt mound Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM1237
- Loch of Harray,broch on W shore of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1460
- Knowe of Gullow, broch, Netherbrough Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1455
- Fan Knowe, burnt mound 210m W of Hyval Cottage Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM1264
- Ring of Brogar, stone circle, henge and nearby remains Prehistoric ritual and funerary: stone circle or ring SM90042
- Stackrue, broch and chapel 350m W of Lyking, Wasbister Ecclesiastical: chapel; Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1472
- Watch Stone, stone settings, Barnhouse settlement, and related remains Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM90352
- Upper Sower, coastal battery N of, Clestrain 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM13449
- North Bigging, broch 80m SSW of Mithiest Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1464
- Ring of Bookan,chambered cairn 180m SW of Bookan Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM1370
- Ness Battery, gun emplacements 300m SSE of, Stromness 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM13478
- Burn of Selta, farmsteads, field system and associated remains Secular: farmstead SM13419
- Wasbister, mounds SSE of The Brecks Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM7857
- Burrian,broch W shore of Loch of Harray Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1430
- Knowe of Burrian, broch at Netherbrough Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1431
- Howaback, mound, Hourston Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM1279
- East Bigging, burnt mound 390m S of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM5286
- Stones of Via, enclosure and stone setting, Loch of Clumly Prehistoric ritual and funerary: enclosure (ritual or funerary) SM1393
