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Linga Holm

Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Linga Holm

Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 3334

Site Number HY62NW 25

NGR HY 6194 2824

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 25 6194 2824.

On the W side of North Taing is a flat-topped circular platform 0.3m high, and 10m in diameter, with many earthfast slabs barely showing through the turf, indicating the site of a prehistoric house.

Visited May 1983.

RCAHMS 1984.

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