Orkney Smr Note

Event ID 619765

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Orkney Smr Note

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Stone Cist found A.D. 1866. It contained ashes and an urn,

it is situated a short distance West of site of Burial Ground

and a short distance South of Gyran. The Cist still remains

where it was found, the top-stone, or lid, only having been

removed. It is about 2ft long by about 15in in breadth and depth.

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Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]