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Stoney Holm,crannog,Loch of Swanney

A Scheduled Monument in West Mainland, Orkney Islands

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Coordinates

Latitude: 59.127 / 59°7'37"N

Longitude: -3.2049 / 3°12'17"W

OS Eastings: 331132

OS Northings: 1027307

OS Grid: HY311273

Mapcode National: GBR L4GL.SR0

Mapcode Global: WH693.RV2J

Entry Name: Stoney Holm,crannog,Loch of Swanney

Scheduled Date: 18 June 1937

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Source ID: SM1394

Schedule Class: Cultural

Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: crannog

Location: Birsay and Harray

County: Orkney Islands

Electoral Ward: West Mainland

Traditional County: Orkney

Description

Hugh Baird, engineer, 1818-22. Eight arches carrying canal, block-in-course masonry with railed parapet.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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