Brough of Birsay and St. Magnus Way: Birsay to Dounby In which Lis visits a tidal island and Tzip2 checks out a viking sauna The previous day was very very very wet, so I decided to delay my next walk and go sightseeing instead. I visited the Stones of Stenness and Maeshowe, and got exceedingly wet and chilled. The Stones of Stenness are a very old set of standing stones (predating Stonehenge by hundreds of years), and nearby is a neolithic village that was likely associated with this monument. Maeshowe is a particularly interesting chambered cairn (about 5000 years old) that also has fascinating Norse runes carved inside – graffiti…