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Bu of Orphir, burnt mound and mill dam 250m NW of Bu Farm

A Scheduled Monument in Kirkwall West and Orphir, Orkney Islands

Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9242 / 58°55'27"N

Longitude: -3.16 / 3°9'36"W

OS Eastings: 333305

OS Northings: 1004679

OS Grid: HY333046

Mapcode National: GBR L5K4.H5B

Mapcode Global: WH6B3.FYFJ

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Bu of Orphir, burnt mound and mill dam 250m NW of Bu Farm

Scheduled Date: 31 January 1938

Last Amended: 26 February 1996

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM4725

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Industrial: farming, food production; Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound

Location: Orphir

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: Kirkwall West and Orphir

Traditional County: Orkney

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