📌 Stenness, Orkney Mainland
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The Barnhouse Stone is rarely visited by visitors to Orkney, but you are likely to travel past it on the way to more famous sites such as Maeshowe and the Ring of Brodgar. The lichen-encrusted, 10-foot tall monolith is ingeniously aligned with both of these: the stone lines up directly with Maeshowe’s entrance passage, and the stone also forms the end of a line to the Ring of Brodgar, with the Watch Stone in the middle.
🌍 Location
📌 North side of the A965 just east of the B9055 junction, 0.5 mi east of Stenness, Orkney Mainland
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: HY 313122
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 58.991128,-3.197488
🚌 Bus stops nearby at A965 / B9055 junction
🚗 Car park by church on minor 300m to north, 🧭 HY 311124 / 🛰️ 58.993188,-3.200744
📝 Key info
⌚ Always open
🎫 Free
💬 From the car park it’s a 5-min walk to the stone. There is no formal access path – pass through the gate and follow the field boundary to the left. Alternatively, the stone can be viewed from the surrounding roads.
