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Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of the Orkney Neolithic culture, reflecting early communal burial and ritual practices in northern Scotland.
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Shapinsay, Hacksness as Chambered Cairn (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.
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