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Oram's Fancy is a Bronze Age burial monument comprising two cairns located approximately 250 metres north-west of Sandybank in Orkney, Scotland. The cairns represent typical examples of the funerary architecture constructed during the Bronze Age in the Orkney Islands, a period when communal and individual burial practices often incorporated stone-built mounds. The site is recorded within the Historic Environment Scotland database under the reference SM1361, reflecting its designation as a scheduled monument of archaeological importance. The monument contributes to the broader pattern of prehistoric burial sites distributed across Orkney, which together provide evidence of settlement and ritual practices in the northern islands during the second millennium before the present.
Oram's Fancy,two cairns 250m NW of Sandybank is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1361. View the official record →
Oram's Fancy is a Bronze Age burial monument comprising two cairns located approximately 250 metres north-west of Sandybank in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1361.
Oram's Fancy,two cairns 250m NW of Sandybank 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 SM1361.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Linga Holm,mound (2.8 km), Papa Stronsay, kelp kiln 120m N of Mill (3 km), Grice Ness,cairn 160m W of (3 km).
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