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Linga Holm

Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Linga Holm

Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 3330

Site Number HY62NW 21

NGR HY 6124 2772

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

HY62NW 21 6124 2772.

On the N-facing slope above the extreme NW point of the island is the site of a Bronze Age house indicated by a group of earthfast slabs barely showing above the grass. The house seems to have been oval, lying E-W, and over 5m in length.

Visited May 1983.

RCAHMS 1984.

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