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Knowe of Scorn, burnt mound

A Scheduled Monument in West Mainland, Orkney Islands

Coordinates

Latitude: 59.0952 / 59°5'42"N

Longitude: -3.3111 / 3°18'39"W

OS Eastings: 324984

OS Northings: 1023883

OS Grid: HY249238

Mapcode National: GBR L45P.KZM

Mapcode Global: WH698.3NKD

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Knowe of Scorn, burnt mound

Scheduled Date: 18 February 1937

Last Amended: 30 January 2003

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM1308

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound

Location: Birsay and Harray

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: West Mainland

Traditional County: Orkney

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