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Field Visit

Date 16 October 1993

Event ID 973793

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/973793

This bowl-shaped mound was visited during the Orkney Barrows Project. It measures 16.0m by 16.2m and 1.55m in height. It may have been enhanced for the construction of a trig point. It is very prominent in all directions for c.2km apart from the SE and SW.

Information from the Orkney Barrows Project (JD), 1993

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