Wednesday - The Sands of Evie
After
farewells, leaving Richard and Fi back at the Stromness Ferry, we head for the
beach. It had turned into a really hot day
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| The Bay of Skail on the way to Evie (kind of) |
One
of our favourite spots is The Sands of Evie part of Aikerness Bay. We lay out
in the sun reading our books. The sounds of a family at the far off water’s
edge drifted up along the beach. Right
behind us was the Broch of Gurness an exquisite dry stone construction. It’s the
Iron Age round tower fort is fringed by a number of additional structures and
impressive concentric ditch and rampart form the outer defences. Add in some the
rocky shoreline cliffs and this would have posed formidable challenge for would
be invaders.
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| The Sands of Evie |
A Pictish
slab was discovered on this beach, suggesting that the Iron Age society liked
to dine al fresco on the beach, for
perhaps the slab was a picnic table?
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| A stop off at the Birsay Tea Room |
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