"Perched high up on an eroding cliff that will no-doubt dash the entire structure into the sea before too many more decades pass, this modestly sized dry-stone structure has stood watch over this dramatic landscape for perhaps close to 3,000 years"
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"Walk up close to any of Orkney’s standing stones, the exposed walls of Skara Brae, or even one of the many recently built stone walls that keep the cattle penned in on one of Orkney’s modern farms, and you’ll notice an abundance (and likely a variety) of lichen."