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Latitude: 59.0071 / 59°0'25"N
Longitude: -3.1946 / 3°11'40"W
OS Eastings: 331478
OS Northings: 1013951
OS Grid: HY314139
Mapcode National: GBR L4GX.R9T
Mapcode Global: WH69P.WVXX
Entry Name: Quoyer,mound 480m NNW of
Scheduled Date: 25 March 1940
Last Amended: 25 May 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1335
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary)
Location: Stenness
County: Orkney Islands
Electoral Ward: West Mainland
Traditional County: Orkney
The monument lies among glacial hummocks, but is distinctly different in size and shape. A mound measuring 17.5m in diameter sits on a platform about 30m N/S by 26m E/W on the outer edge of which is a bank which survives as a rickle of small stones or as a slight hump; the platform stands about 1m above the surrounding ground.
The monument is probably an early Bronze Age burial mound, although its features suggest it is of more than one period; its platform and bank are unusual. It is set on calcareous ground and bones can be expected to survive well.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved burial mound with rare and distinctive field characteristics. Its archaeological potential is high and it is of importance to the themes of relationships between Bronze Age burials and Late Neolithic ritual, and to that of burial practices throughout the Bronze Age.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as HY 31 SW 7.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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