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Eday, Stone of Setter

Cairn (later Prehistoric)
Eday, Stone of Setter
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Eday, Stone of Setter as Cairn (later Prehistoric). 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.
A Neolithic standing stone or cairn; likely dates to the later prehistoric period. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early ceremonial or funerary landscapes in the Orkney Islands.

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