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Westray, Farrivald

Cist (prehistoric), Cremation (prehistoric)

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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Westray, Farrivald as Cist (prehistoric), Cremation (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A Neolithic cist burial, dating to the 3rd millennium BCE, significant as part of the broader pattern of early burial practices in the Orkney Islands.

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