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Field Visit
Date 14 September 1964
Event ID 605886
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/605886
This grass covered cairn at HY 2697 0933 now measures 28.0 metres E to W by 26.0 metres N to S by 2.0 metres high. The cairn's shape has been greatly altered by a gun emplacement which was built into the top during the 2nd World War. There are no records of any finds associated with the cairn.(Information from Mr J W Rendall, Bu' of Cairston, Cairston, Stromness.)
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RD) 14 September 1964
