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Upper Cairn,souterrain,Braebuster

A Scheduled Monument in Stromness and South Isles, Orkney Islands

Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9293 / 58°55'45"N

Longitude: -3.3553 / 3°21'19"W

OS Eastings: 322076

OS Northings: 1005459

OS Grid: HY220054

Mapcode National: GBR L524.3QQ

Mapcode Global: WH6B0.FTGL

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Upper Cairn,souterrain,Braebuster

Scheduled Date: 23 February 1955

Last Amended: 7 February 1995

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM1437

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house

Location: Hoy and Graemsay

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: Stromness and South Isles

Traditional County: Orkney

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