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Whaness Burn, enclosure 1620m NNE of Dwarfie Stane, Hoy

A Scheduled Monument in Stromness and South Isles, Orkney Islands

Coordinates

Latitude: 58.8987 / 58°53'55"N

Longitude: -3.3076 / 3°18'27"W

OS Eastings: 324754

OS Northings: 1001998

OS Grid: HY247019

Mapcode National: GBR L566.MJR

Mapcode Global: WH6B7.5L6K

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Whaness Burn, enclosure 1620m NNE of Dwarfie Stane, Hoy

Scheduled Date: 28 February 2000

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM8664

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive)

Location: Hoy and Graemsay

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: Stromness and South Isles

Traditional County: Orkney

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