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Oram's Fancy is a Bronze Age burial monument consisting of two cairns located 250 metres north-west of Sandybank in Orkney, Scotland. The site stands on bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone, a geological formation dating to the Middle Devonian period comprising conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone. This local stone would have provided suitable material for the construction of the cairns themselves.
The monument is protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1361, reflecting its significance as a scheduled ancient monument. Cairns of this type, typically dating from the Bronze Age, served as burial markers and represent an important phase in Orkney's archaeological record. The two-cairn arrangement suggests a sustained use of this location for funerary purposes across a period of time.
Oram's Fancy forms part of the wider landscape of prehistoric burial sites across Orkney. The windswept terrain and stone-rich landscape of the islands provided ideal conditions for the construction and preservation of such monuments, which continue to mark the presence of ancient communities across the archipelago.
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 consisting of two cairns located 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Oram's Fancy,two cairns 250m NW of Sandybank's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Oram's Fancy,two cairns 250m NW of Sandybank stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.