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'''Rinyo''' was a [[Neolithic]] settlement on [[Rousay]] in [[Orkney]], [[Scotland]]. The site was discovered in the winter of 1937–38 on the lands of Bigland Farm in the north east of the island at {{gbmapping|HY439322}}.

The site was [[Excavation (archaeology)|excavated]] in 1938 and 1946 by [[Vere Gordon Childe]], who also excavated [[Skara Brae]] on [[Mainland Orkney]], and by W. G. Grant. Finds included flint implements, stone axes and balls, pottery and a stone mace-head.<ref>CHILDE AND GRANT [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_073/73_006_031.pdf  A STONE-AGE SETTLEMENT AT THE BRAES OF RINYO, ROUSAY, ORKNEY.]. Retrieved 24 August 2008.</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20071023233556/http://www.buyorkney.com/information/orkney_guide_book/46_rousay/ Rousay]}} "Orkney Guide Book" Retrieved 24 August 2008.</ref><ref>[http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/2717/details/rousay+rinyo/ "Rousay, Rinyo"] RCAHMS. Retrieved 25 June 2009.</ref>

Over 100 archaeological sites have been identified on Rousay, including the complex of [[Midhowe Broch]] and [[Midhowe Chambered Cairn]].

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[[Category:3rd-millennium BC architecture in Scotland]]
[[Category:1937 archaeological discoveries]]
[[Category:1938 archaeological discoveries]]
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Orkney]]
[[Category:Prehistoric Orkney]]
[[Category:Stone Age sites in Scotland]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Scotland]]
[[Category:Scheduled monuments in Orkney]]
[[Category:Neolithic Scotland]]
[[Category:1837 in Scotland]]
[[Category:1838 in Scotland]]
[[Category:Neolithic settlements]]
[[Category:Rousay]]


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