Rousay - three chambered cairns: Blackhammer and Taversoe Tuick

Our second chambered cairn was Blackhammer, which like the Knowe of Yarso had a main subdivided chamber. Unlike the previous cairn access was through the newly constructed roof!

The flora beside the road was pretty spectacular too....

The third chambered cairn, Taversoe Tuick, has the unusual arrangement of two chambers being set above each other, with a third smaller chamber lying outside the main cairn. The only other similar on Orkney is on Eday. At the time of use the two chambers were accessed independently from the hillside, today you can climb down into the lower chamber.

..and then a lovey ferry journey back to the Mainland.