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Orkney Smr Note
Event ID 614225
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Orkney Smr Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/614225
Cairn on steep and rugged coast of Rose Ness, dia 70ft, height 7ft 6in, little evidence of careful construction, built of slaty material quarried near shore. Only large stone visible is set on edge in centre of an excavation, and is 2ft 4in broad x 6in thick x 2ft 3in high, set E-W, apparently part of some internal chamber, either mostly destroyed or not completely exposed. [R1]
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
