Graffiti in Persian and English carved by Guilemus Mounsey who camped in the Dwarfie Stane Neolithic tomb 1850

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In 1850 Guilemus Mounsey (a major in the India Army &and a British spy in Persia & Afghanistan) camped in the Dwarfie Stane Neolithic burial chamber and was attacked by midges. He recorded the event in Persian on the outside of the tomb. Various translations read : "Oh God: I am pierced to the heart, and very sorrowful, I wake all night, and study and learn patience." or, as translated on Wikepedia, "I have sat two nights and so learnt patience". Above this he carved his name backwards in Latin. The Neolithic burial chamber is hollowed out of a natural block of old red sandstone and situated in north of Hoy in a pass/valley between Ward Hill to the north west & Dwarfie Hamars to the south east.

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Size: 3780px × 2607px
Location: Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Jean Williamson / Alamy / Afripics
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