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Castle Bloody is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Orkney, Scotland, dating to the period approximately 3500 to 2500 BCE. The monument consists of a cairn structure containing an internal chambered passage tomb, a characteristic feature of Neolithic funerary architecture in the Orkney Islands during the fourth and third millennia before the present. As a chambered cairn, it represents significant evidence of early agricultural communities in northern Scotland and their ritual practices surrounding burial and commemoration of the dead. The site is designated and protected as a scheduled monument under the Historic Environment Scotland designation SM1325.
Castle Bloody,chambered cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1325. View the official record →
Castle Bloody is a Neolithic chambered cairn located in Orkney, Scotland, dating to the period approximately 3500 to 2500 BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1325.
Castle Bloody,chambered cairn dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Castle Bloody,chambered cairn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM1325.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mor Stein or Standing Stone of Shapinsay (1.3 km), Linton, chapel & graveyard 140m ENE of, Shapinsay (2.3 km), Hillock of Howe,broch (2.4 km).
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