On the most glorious of days we caught the ferry, as foot passengers, across to Rousay and walked along the road to the three chambered cairns. All very different in their own way.
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| The ferry arriving at Tingwall - today it was the Shapinsay - not the usual one but it was Shapinsay show day, so there had been a swap around. |
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| Not a bad view from the road!
The first cairn was Knowe of Yarso - The modern roof had been added for protection but the inside shows evidence of a double skin - a feature of many cairns on Orkney.Inside the chamber is divided into stalls by upright stones. Due to the roof it's a damp tomb - hence the algae and green haze! Which made for a more colourful sketch! The bones of 29 adults were found when it was excavated.
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