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Midland is a Neolithic burial mound situated approximately 450 metres north-north-east of the settlement of Midland in Orkney, Scotland. The monument is designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Historic Environment Scotland records. The mound represents the funerary practices of Orkney's early farming communities during the Neolithic period, a time of significant cultural development in the northern islands. Like other burial monuments of this era in Orkney, the site reflects the importance placed by prehistoric populations on structured deposition of the dead and the creation of permanent landscape markers for ancestral commemoration.
Midland, burial mound 450m NNE of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1415. View the official record →
Midland is a Neolithic burial mound situated approximately 450 metres north-north-east of the settlement of Midland in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1415.
Midland, burial mound 450m NNE of 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 SM1415.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Knowe of Lyron, mound 120m WNW of Lyron Cottage (4.2 km), Sandyhall, mounds S of (4.3 km), Knowes of Euro, mounds 340m SW of Appietown, Gorsness (5.1 km).
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