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Ring of Bookan

Clouston, Orkney Islands

Large image (401x268 - 36k) Looking south west across the ditch to the central mound and over to the hills of Hoy
Large image (389x261 - 33k) Looking south west from the base of the ditch which extends ahead
Large image (400x266 - 30k) Looking south west across the ditch at the south east side of the ring
Large image (266x392 - 32k) Looking south west from the central mound. Stones from a possible cairn are in the foreground.
Large image (398x267 - 36k) Looking south west from the central mound. Stones from a possible cairn are in the foreground.

The Ring of Bookan lies about a mile to the north west of the Ring of Brodgar.

Today there is little to see other than a ditch, but this is itself quite impressive being about 13 metres wide, at least two metres deep, and enclosing an area about 40 metres in diameter.

The site has not been excavated and it is not known what kind of monument may have stood here. Popular opinion holds that there may have been a Maeshowe type tomb, or a smaller cairn or cairns, and/or a stone circle.

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Find Ring of Bookan (or the nearest known site) at the Megalithic Portal