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Knowe of Nesthouse, settlement

A Scheduled Monument in West Mainland, Orkney Islands

Coordinates

Latitude: 59.1119 / 59°6'42"N

Longitude: -3.2596 / 3°15'34"W

OS Eastings: 327967

OS Northings: 1025682

OS Grid: HY279256

Mapcode National: GBR L49N.CJJ

Mapcode Global: WH698.W7ZL

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Knowe of Nesthouse, settlement

Scheduled Date: 19 February 1937

Last Amended: 10 February 2003

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM1304

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement

Location: Birsay and Harray

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: West Mainland

Traditional County: Orkney

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