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South Ronaldsay, Isbister

Animal Burial(s) (neolithic), Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Cist (bronze Age), Inhumation(s) (neolithic), Necklace (shell)(neolithic), Necklace (bone)(neolithic), Pin(s) (bone)(neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (neolithic)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records South Ronaldsay, Isbister as Animal Burial(s) (neolithic), Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Cist (bronze Age), Inhumation(s) (neolithic), Necklace (shell)(neolithic), Necklace (bone)(neolithic), Pin(s) (bone)(neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (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 and animal burials, dating to the 4th–3rd millennia BCE, with later Bronze Age additions. The site is significant for its multiple phases of use and the presence of shell necklaces, indicating early symbolic or ritual practices in Orkney.

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