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Black Knowe, burial mound, 245m NNW of Westside

A Scheduled Monument in West Mainland, Orkney Islands

Coordinates

Latitude: 59.1018 / 59°6'6"N

Longitude: -3.2474 / 3°14'50"W

OS Eastings: 328647

OS Northings: 1024551

OS Grid: HY286245

Mapcode National: GBR L4BP.54K

Mapcode Global: WH699.2HX9

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Black Knowe, burial mound, 245m NNW of Westside

Scheduled Date: 25 March 1940

Last Amended: 28 August 2014

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM1244

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow

Location: Birsay and Harray

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: West Mainland

Traditional County: Orkney

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