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Geord of Nears is a Bronze Age cairn located on the island of Rousay in Orkney, Scotland. The monument lies approximately 90 metres south-west of Cairn House and forms part of the significant concentration of prehistoric funerary monuments on Rousay, which contains some of the most important cairn evidence in northern Britain. Like other cairns in this landscape, it represents the burial practices and monumental construction traditions of Bronze Age communities in Orkney, though detailed records of its specific dimensions and excavation history are limited in the scholarly literature.
Geord of Nears, cairn 90m SW of Cairn House, Rousay is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1269. View the official record →
Geord of Nears is a Bronze Age cairn located on the island of Rousay in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1269.
Geord of Nears, cairn 90m SW of Cairn House, Rousay 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 SM1269.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wasswick Battery, coastal battery complex 400m E of Queenamuckle (5.8 km), Hall of Rendall, settlement 275m NE of and St Thomas's Kirk (6.4 km), Ness of Boray,broch (6.6 km).
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