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Rousay, Bigland Round

Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Cremation (early Neolithic), Scraper (tool) (early Neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (early Neolithic)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rousay, Bigland Round as Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Cremation (early Neolithic), Scraper (tool) (early Neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (early Neolithic). 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.
Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to the early Neolithic period. It is significant as a burial and ritual site, reflecting early farming communities' funerary practices in Orkney.

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