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Handest, settlement, Dounby

A Scheduled Monument in West Mainland, Orkney Islands

Coordinates

Latitude: 59.0676 / 59°4'3"N

Longitude: -3.2186 / 3°13'6"W

OS Eastings: 330228

OS Northings: 1020713

OS Grid: HY302207

Mapcode National: GBR L4FR.SCW

Mapcode Global: WH69H.JCK0

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Handest, settlement, Dounby

Scheduled Date: 28 July 1937

Last Amended: 28 August 2014

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM1272

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: settlement

Location: Birsay and Harray

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: West Mainland

Traditional County: Orkney

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