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Skara Brae, settlement, mounds and other remains

A Scheduled Monument in West Mainland, Orkney Islands

Coordinates

Latitude: 59.0483 / 59°2'53"N

Longitude: -3.34 / 3°20'23"W

OS Eastings: 323223

OS Northings: 1018688

OS Grid: HY232186

Mapcode National: GBR L43T.JQ1

Mapcode Global: WH69F.NTRX

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Skara Brae, settlement, mounds and other remains

Scheduled Date: 27 March 1928

Last Amended: 2 February 2004

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM90276

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cist

Location: Sandwick

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: West Mainland

Traditional County: Orkney

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