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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Els Ness Megalithic Cemetery Alternative Name: Elsness Megalithic CemerteryCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Barrow Cemetery
Nearest Town: Sanday Island Nearest Village: Lady
Map Ref: HY67583746
Latitude: 59.222508N Longitude: 2.5697W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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This megalithic cemetery is located on the Els Ness Peninsula south of Quoyness Chambered Cairn and near Augmund Howe Cairn on Sanday Island. There is a semi circle of cairns westwards from Augmund Howe Cairn with many others further afield on the southern end of this peninsula making it an important prehistoric burial site. The cairns are unexcavated but thought to be Bronze Age burials. Nowadays it is hard to pick out the individual cairns unless you walk the area looking carefully. The grid reference given is for the one in the photo that I have submitted which is south west of Augmund Howe Cairn.
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11.0km WSW 259° Withebeir (Eday) Artificial Mound (HY5676135375)
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