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Eday, War Ness

Grave(S) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Eday, War Ness

Classification Grave(S) (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 3123

Site Number HY52NW 2

NGR HY 5488 2839

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Eday
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY52NW 2 5488 2839.

(HY 5488 2839) Graves (NAT)

OS 6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1900).

The site of three or four graves where shipwrecked mariners were buried. (See also HY52NW 1).

Name Book 1879.

These graves, oriented E to W, are denoted by unmarked prostrate slabs and head and foot slabs.

Visited by OS(RL) 23 July 1970.

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