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Excavation
Date 1898
Event ID 1005248
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1005248
"Taversoe Tuick", an Orkney-Cromarty Bookan-type cairn, situated on the slope of the hill. Up to 1898 it appeared to be a small heather-covered knoll about 4' high, but in that year part of the upper chamber was exposed and access was gained to the intact chamber and passage below.
