What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sanday, Styes of Brough as Burial(s) (viking)(possible), Cairn(s) (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Viking burial site, possibly 9th–11th century AD; its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of Norse settlement and burial practices in the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
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