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Wasbister, burial mounds and settlement 650m SE of Buckan Cottage

A Scheduled Monument in West Mainland, Orkney Islands

Coordinates

Latitude: 59.0059 / 59°0'21"N

Longitude: -3.239 / 3°14'20"W

OS Eastings: 328928

OS Northings: 1013858

OS Grid: HY289138

Mapcode National: GBR L4CX.WGQ

Mapcode Global: WH69P.6WWW

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Wasbister, burial mounds and settlement 650m SE of Buckan Cottage

Scheduled Date: 25 September 1998

Last Amended: 23 January 2015

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM7700

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house; Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow

Location: Sandwick

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: West Mainland

Traditional County: Orkney

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