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Field Visit
Date 17 April 1994
Event ID 973817
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/973817
This cairn was visited as part of the Orkney Barrows Project. It measures 8.5m in diameter and 0.85m in height. It is damaged where it was cut through for construction of the radar station. Some stone is visible, and the cairn is best seen from the W.
Information from the Orkney Barrows Project (JD), 1994