UK Map 71 Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge (Historic Scotland) - A magnificent circle of upright stones with an enclosing ditch Wideford Hill Chambered Cairn (Historic Scotland) - A fine Neolithic chambered cairn Knap of Howar (Historic Scotland) - Probably the oldest standing stone houses in north-west Europe Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn (Historic Scotland) - An oval cairn with concentric walls enclosing a Neolithic chambered tomb divided into three compartments Maeshowe Chambered Cairn (Historic Scotland) - The finest chambered tomb in north-west Europe Midhowe Broch (Historic Scotland) - A well-preserved broch, with remains of later buildings round it Midhowe Broch (Historic Scotland) - A huge and impressive megalithic chambered tomb of Neolithic date in an oval mound, with 25 stalls Noltland Castle (Historic Scotland) - A fine, ruined Z-plan tower, built between 1560 and 1573 but never completed Pierowall Church (Historic Scotland) - The ruins of a medieval church with some finely lettered tombstones Hackness Martello Tower and Battery (Historic Scotland) - One of a pair of towers built to provide defence against French and American privateers Rennibister Earth-House (Historic Scotland) - A good example of an Orkney earth house Grain Earth House (Historic Scotland) - A well-built Iron Age earth house Skara Brae Prehistoric Village (Historic Scotland) - The best preserved prehistoric village in northern Europe St Magnus Church (Historic Scotland) - The complete but roofless ruin of a 12th-century church, dramatically sited Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge (Historic Scotland) - The remains of a stone circle surrounded by remains of a circular earthen bank Taversöe Tuick Chambered Cairn (Historic Scotland) - A Neolithic chambered cairn with unusual arrangement of two burial chambers Tormiston Mill (Historic Scotland) - An excellent late example of a Scottish watermill Unstan Chambered Cairn (Historic Scotland) - A mound covering a stone burial chamber divided by slabs into five compartments Westside Church (Historic Scotland) - A small and elegant 12th-century nave-and-chancel church Quoyness Chambered Cairn (Historic Scotland) - A megalithic tomb with triple retaining walls, a passage, main chamber and six subsidiary cells Click Mill (Historic Scotland) - The last surviving horizontal water mill in Orkney The Bishop’s Palace and Earl’s Palace (Historic Scotland) - The earliest visible parts of the Bishop’s Palace date to the 12th century Blackhammer Chambered Cairn (Historic Scotland) - Neolithic burial cairn, similar in general shape and subdivisions to the contemporary Neolithic houses at Knap of Howar Holm of Papa Westray Chambered Cairn (Historic Scotland) - A massive tomb with a long, narrow chamber divided into three Brough of Birsay (Historic Scotland) - Pictish and Norse power-base with Pictish well, replica carving, extensive ruins of Norse houses and 12th-century church Cubbie Row’s Castle & St Mary’s Chapel (Historic Scotland) - The castle is probably one of the earliest stone castles to survive in Scotland Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn (Historic Scotland) - A low mound covering a Neolithic chambered tomb with four cells Dwarfie Stane (Historic Scotland) - A huge block of sandstone in which a Neolithic burial chamber has been cut Earl’s Bu and Church (Historic Scotland) - The Earl’s Bu is the name for the foundations of ancient buildings, which may be an Earl’s residence of the Viking period. Earl’s Palace (Historic Scotland) - The gaunt remains of the residence of Robert Stewart, Earl of Orkney The Bishop’s Palace and Earl’s Palace (Historic Scotland) - The earliest visible parts of the Bishop’s Palace date to the 12th century Earl’s Palace (Historic Scotland) - Ruined 12th-century monastic church and post-medieval domestic buildings Broch of Gurness (Historic Scotland) - Probably dating to the 1st century AD, Gurness broch gives a fascinating insight into Orcadian village life around 2000 years ago