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Grain Earth House and Grainbank, Hatston

Open to visitorsa Historic Environment Scotland site — many are free to wander; staffed ones charge and keep set hours

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Grain Earth House and Grainbank, Hatston is a souterrain in Orkney Islands. The Albion Guide lists two souterrains in the county; this is one of them. It is looked after by Historic Environment Scotland. For more of the same, Broch of Lingro and Rennibister are close by.

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