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Rousay, Mansie's Knowes, Curquoy

Barrow(s) (bronze Age), Cist(s) (bronze Age), Cremation (bronze Age), Cinerary Urn (steatite)(bronze Age)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rousay, Mansie's Knowes, Curquoy as Barrow(s) (bronze Age), Cist(s) (bronze Age), Cremation (bronze Age), Cinerary Urn (steatite)(bronze Age). 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.
Bronze Age barrow and cist burial site, significant for its cremation remains and steatite cinery urn, reflecting funerary practices of early metalworking communities in Orkney.

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