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Howe Harper is a Bronze Age cairn located approximately 300 metres north-west of Binscarth near Finstown in Orkney, Scotland. The monument comprises a substantial mound of stone and earth typical of burial cairns constructed during the Bronze Age period. The site is recorded within the Historic Environment Scotland database under reference SM1281 and represents part of Orkney's significant concentration of prehistoric funerary monuments. Such cairns served as communal or individual burial structures and remain important evidence for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in the northern islands.
Howe Harper,cairn 300m NW of Binscarth,Finstown is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1281. View the official record →
Howe Harper is a Bronze Age cairn located approximately 300 metres north-west of Binscarth near Finstown in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1281.
Howe Harper,cairn 300m NW of Binscarth,Finstown 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 SM1281.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barnhouse Stone, standing stone (3.9 km), Big Howe, broch 260m WNW of Stenness Church (4.2 km), Stenness, stone circle and henge (4.3 km).
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