| P number: | P000535 |
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| Old photograph number: | C03324 |
| Caption: | Dwarfie Stane, Hoy. Orkney Isles. |
| Description: | Dwarfie Stane, Hoy. Orkney Isles. The Dwarfie Stane is the only chambered tomb known on Hoy, and it is the only rock-cut tomb known in the whole of Scotland. A small chamber was hollowed out of an isolated block of Old Red Sandstone, with two side-cells entered over the projecting sills. The entrance was sealed with a block of stone. The original blocking stone still lies outside the entrance, and is recorded as having been seen in position in the 16th century, but nothing is known about the contents of the tomb. |
| Date taken: | Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 BST 1930 |
| Photographer: | Strachan, W.E.J. |
| Copyright statement: | Crown |
| Acknowledgment: | This image was digitized with grant-in-aid from SCRAN the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network |
| X longitude/easting: | 324500 |
| Y latitude/northing: | 1000500 |
| Coordinate reference system, ESPG code: | 27700 (OSGB 1936 / British National Grid) |
| Orientation: | Landscape |
| Size: | 255.80 KB; 1000 x 730 pixels; 85 x 62 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 193 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
| Average Rating: | Not yet rated |
| Categories: | Best of BGS Images/ Images from the archives |
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