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Orkney Smr Note
Date 2000
Event ID 619313
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Orkney Smr Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/619313
At the extreme end of Berst Ness is a large grassed cairn
which has been slightly disturbed on top, 85ft diameter, 9ft
high; in the immediate neighbourhood are large protruding stones.
[R1]
As described, a big settlement-mound.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Jun 81.
Excavation in 2000 revealed that this site was a Neolithic chambered tomb, atypical in plan, the central chamber being very large in comparison with other Orcadian tombs. See Moore and Wilson 2001 for report on excavation.
Information from Orkney SMR
