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Sanday, Spur Ness

Chambered Cairn (prehistoric)(possible), Settlement (prehistoric)(possible)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sanday, Spur Ness as Chambered Cairn (prehistoric)(possible), Settlement (prehistoric)(possible). 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.
Chambered cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic period; such tombs were used for communal burial and reflect early ceremonial and social practices in Orkney.

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