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Knowe of Garraquoy, burnt mound 265m WNW of Muce

A Scheduled Monument in West Mainland, Orkney Islands

Coordinates

Latitude: 59.0934 / 59°5'36"N

Longitude: -3.3327 / 3°19'57"W

OS Eastings: 323742

OS Northings: 1023710

OS Grid: HY237237

Mapcode National: GBR L44P.N2Y

Mapcode Global: WH697.SP6R

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Knowe of Garraquoy, burnt mound 265m WNW of Muce

Scheduled Date: 5 January 1940

Last Amended: 26 March 2014

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM1297

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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