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Westray, East Surrigarth

Chambered Cairn (neolithic)(possible)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Westray, East Surrigarth as Chambered Cairn (neolithic)(possible). 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; dates to the early Neolithic period, approximately 3500–2500 BCE. It is part of a broader network of megalithic tombs in the Orkney Islands, reflecting the complex funerary and social practices of prehistoric communities in northern Scotland.

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