Mussaquoy

What is recorded here

Mussaquoy is a burnt mound in Orkney Islands, Scotland.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 3024

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Recorded parish

St Andrews and Deerness

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Photo credits

• Mark Crook, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Andrew Curtis, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Ian Balcombe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Anne Burgess, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Bill Boaden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

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