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Sanday, Quoyness

Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Cist (late Neolithic), Inhumation(s) (late Neolithic), Disc (slate)(late Neolithic), Knife (flint)(late Neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (pottery)(neolithic)
Sanday, Quoyness
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sanday, Quoyness as Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Cist (late Neolithic), Inhumation(s) (late Neolithic), Disc (slate)(late Neolithic), Knife (flint)(late Neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (pottery)(neolithic). 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.
Neolithic chambered cairn and cist, dating to the late Neolithic period. It is significant as part of the Quoyness complex on Sanday, Orkney, which provides insight into burial practices and settlement patterns in the Heart of Neolithic Scotland World Heritage Site.

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Photo: Alpin Stewart · CC BY-SA 2.0