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Saevar Howe, mound 370m SSW of Linkshouse

A Scheduled Monument in West Mainland, Orkney Islands

Coordinates

Latitude: 59.1231 / 59°7'23"N

Longitude: -3.3188 / 3°19'7"W

OS Eastings: 324604

OS Northings: 1026994

OS Grid: HY246269

Mapcode National: GBR L45M.8FQ

Mapcode Global: WH691.ZYSK

« Listing Details

Entry Name: Saevar Howe, mound 370m SSW of Linkshouse

Scheduled Date: 18 February 1937

Last Amended: 17 March 2015

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM1373

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Ecclesiastical: burial ground, cemetery, graveyard; Secular: Viking settlement, Norse settlement

Location: Birsay and Harray

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: West Mainland

Traditional County: Orkney

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