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Orkney Smr Note
Event ID 619981
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Orkney Smr Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/619981
...a mound called Big Howe, but of what nature I am unable to decide, and it would require considerable excavation to make out its details... [R1]
A prominent mound between the Stenness semi-circle and the Parish Church. On levelling it down about 20 years ago, it was found to be a broch. [R2]
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
