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Lavacroon, settlement W of Bu of Orphir

A Scheduled Monument in Kirkwall West and Orphir, Orkney Islands

Coordinates

Latitude: 58.9224 / 58°55'20"N

Longitude: -3.1605 / 3°9'37"W

OS Eastings: 333276

OS Northings: 1004481

OS Grid: HY332044

Mapcode National: GBR L5K4.NY5

Mapcode Global: WH6B3.FZ7X

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Lavacroon, settlement W of Bu of Orphir

Scheduled Date: 26 February 1996

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM6405

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement; Secular: Viking settlement, Norse settlement

Location: Orphir

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: Kirkwall West and Orphir

Traditional County: Orkney

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