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Mount Misery,chambered cairn,Start Point

A Scheduled Monument in North Isles, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 59.2775 / 59°16'39"N

Longitude: -2.3821 / 2°22'55"W

OS Eastings: 378323

OS Northings: 1043509

OS Grid: HY783435

Mapcode National: GBR N4G6.RFM

Mapcode Global: XH9SN.92ZJ

Entry Name: Mount Misery,chambered cairn,Start Point

Scheduled Date: 5 August 1953

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM1331

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn

Location: Lady

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: North Isles

Traditional County: Orkney

Description

Much altered. 2-storey and attic 2-window (1 bipartite) bull faced stucco with painted margins, slated, canted dormer with hoist.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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