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Ness of Noonsbrough

Chambered Cairn (neolithic)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ness of Noonsbrough as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the early Neolithic period, approximately 3500–2500 BCE. It represents a significant example of prehistoric funerary architecture in Scotland, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation.

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