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Knowes of Trotty is a Bronze Age cairn field located south of Netherhouse in Huntscarth, Orkney. The site comprises multiple burial mounds characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practices in the Orkney Islands, where such communal or individual cairns served as repositories for the deceased. The monuments reflect the settlement and burial customs of Bronze Age communities inhabiting Orkney, contributing to the archaeological understanding of prehistoric activity in the archipelago during this period.
Knowes of Trotty,mounds S of Netherhouse,Huntscarth is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1316. View the official record →
Knowes of Trotty is a Bronze Age cairn field located south of Netherhouse in Huntscarth, Orkney. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1316.
Knowes of Trotty,mounds S of Netherhouse,Huntscarth 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 SM1316.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cuween Hill, chambered cairn (5.1 km), Maes Howe, chambered cairn (5.2 km), Watch Stone, stone settings, Barnhouse settlement, and related remains (5.9 km).
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