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Muckle Gairsty, linear earthworks between Viggay Banks and Gairsna Geo

A Scheduled Monument in North Isles, Orkney Islands

Coordinates

Latitude: 59.3624 / 59°21'44"N

Longitude: -2.4234 / 2°25'24"W

OS Eastings: 376031

OS Northings: 1052971

OS Grid: HY760529

Mapcode National: GBR N3CZ.QJ5

Mapcode Global: XH9S1.SY51

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Muckle Gairsty, linear earthworks between Viggay Banks and Gairsna Geo

Scheduled Date: 1 March 2000

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM8645

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: linear earthwork

Location: Cross and Burness

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: North Isles

Traditional County: Orkney

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