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Tankerness, Mine Howe

Enclosure (iron Age), Grave(s) (late Iron Age), Inhumation(s) (late Iron Age), Metal Working Site (iron Age), Settlement (iron Age), Subterranean Structure (iron Age), Ring(s) (copper Alloy)(late Iron Age)
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Recorded parish
St Andrews and Deerness
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Tankerness, Mine Howe is an enclosure in Orkney Islands, Scotland.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 2998

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  • Richard Webb, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Mark Crook, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • David Wyatt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • Adam Ward, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Adrian Beney, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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