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Latitude: 59.2027 / 59°12'9"N
Longitude: -2.7589 / 2°45'32"W
OS Eastings: 356752
OS Northings: 1035365
OS Grid: HY567353
Mapcode National: GBR M4KD.SYP
Mapcode Global: XH8KY.DY3D
Entry Name: Mill Hill, chambered cairn, Millbounds
Scheduled Date: 31 October 1936
Last Amended: 19 August 1996
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1321
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Eday
County: Orkney Islands
Electoral Ward: North Isles
Traditional County: Orkney
The monument comprises a well-preserved chambered burial cairn of Neolithic date.
The cairn is set on a hilltop, and is largely heather-clad. It stands 1.6m high and measures 19m across. On the E side there has been a horned forecourt, although all but the foundations of the walls of the horns have been removed. The interior was opened in the 1850s, and is known to contain at least 4 chambers, but probably contains considerable quantities of undisturbed deposits.
The area to be scheduled is a circle of 40m diameter, to include the cairn, its horns and an area around in which evidence of the cairn's construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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