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Syra Dale is a Bronze Age cairn monument comprising two burial mounds located 380 metres north-north-east of Setter in Orkney, Scotland. The cairns represent funerary structures characteristic of the Bronze Age period in the Orkney Islands, when such monuments served as repositories for the dead and functioned as enduring markers within the landscape. The site is recorded within the Orkney archaeological record as designated by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1396. These cairns remain significant examples of Bronze Age burial practice in the northern isles, contributing to understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary customs in Orkney during the second millennium BC.
Syra Dale,two cairns 380m NNE of Setter is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1396. View the official record →
Syra Dale is a Bronze Age cairn monument comprising two burial mounds located 380 metres north-north-east of Setter in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1396.
Syra Dale,two cairns 380m NNE of Setter 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 SM1396.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Maes Howe, chambered cairn (4.1 km), Barnhouse Stone, standing stone (4.9 km), Watch Stone, stone settings, Barnhouse settlement, and related remains (5 km).
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