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Orkney Smr Note
Event ID 619757
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Orkney Smr Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/619757
A grave was found when, the proprietor of a farm in Dounby,
accidently came in contact with it's cover stone while ploughing.
It contained a human skeleton and at the right hand lay a mallet
head of gneiss, finely marked with dark and light layers and
beautifully polished, now in Stromness Museum. The head lay NW by
N. The grave was 4ft 2.5in by 2ft 11in by 2ft 9in deep formed of
flags only about an inch thick.
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
