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'''Argyll'''===Mainland===*[[#Carn a' BharraichScotland, Oronsay, Argyll|Carn a' Bharraich, OronsayCaithness: Langhills]]*[[#Swordle BayScotland, Ardnamurchan, Argyll|Swordle Bay, ArdnamurchanCaithness: Reay]]<br>'''Caithness'''*[[#LanghillsScotland, Caithness|LanghillsDumfries and Galloway: Ecclefechan, Torbeckhill]]<br>'''Inverness-shire'''*[[#KildonanScotland, Isle of EiggSutherland: Durness, Inverness-shire|Kildonan, Isle of EiggBalnakeil]]<br>
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'''Lewis'''===The Islands===*[[#KneepScotland, UigArgyll and Bute: Ardnamurchan]]*[[#Scotland, Isle of Lewis|KneepArgyll and Bute, UigArgyll: Loch Lomond, Boiden]]<br>*[[#Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay]]'''Orkney'''*[[#Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby]]*[[#PierowallScotland, WestrayArgyll and Bute, Orkney|PierowallOronsay: Carn a' Bharraich]]*[[#Scotland, Highland, WestrayEigg: Kildonnan]]*[[#ScarScotland, SandayHighland, Orkney|ScarIsle of Skye: Skeabost, SandayTote]]*[[#WestnessScotland, RousayOuter Hebrides, Orkney|WestnessIsle of Lewis: Uig, RousayCnip]]<br>*[[#Scotland, Sutherland, Dunrobin: Golspie]]
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'''Skye'''===Northern Isles===*[[#ToteScotland, SkeabostOrkney, Isle Mainland: Broch of Skye|ToteGurness]]*[[#Scotland, Orkney, SkeabostMainland: Buckquoy]]<br>*[[#Scotland, Orkney, Mainland: Stenness]]'''Sutherland'''*[[#Scotland, Orkney, Mainland: from a neighbouring island]]*[[#BalnakeilScotland, Sutherland|BalnakeilOrkney, Rousay: Westness]]<br>*[[#Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall]]*[[#Scotland, Orkney, Sanday: Broch of Lamaness]]*[[#Scotland, Orkney, Sanday: Scar]]*[[#Scotland, Shetland, St. Ninian's Isle]]
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== List Mainland =====[[:Category:Scotland, Caithness: Langhills|Scotland, Caithness: Langhills]]===<hr>{{Category:Scotland, Caithness: Langhills}} ===[[:Category:Scotland, Caithness: Reay|Scotland, Caithness: Reay]]===<hr>{{Category:Scotland, Caithness: Reay}} ===Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway: Ecclefechan, Torbeckhill===<hr>:Status- {{Possible}}:Type- found in a mound by the River Mein:Find Date date- found in 1913:Bodies- None:Dated to- c.900 [Redmond 2007]:Museum- National Museum of Scotland:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Curle 1914b}}:*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927|p.35}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.13-14}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.109}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.74|x}}:*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.33}}:'''{{Male|Grave goods}}''':*''[[Swords found in Britain#Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway: Ecclefechan, Torbeckhill|Sword]]'' - [X.IL 340] Petersen type L (like Petersen p.116, fig.97a)<gallery mode=Packed heights=100px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">NMS_Torbeckhill_Sword.jpg</gallery> ===Scotland, Sutherland: Durness, Balnakeil===<hr>:Status- :Type- Viking child burial (aged 8 to 13):Find date- 1991:Bodies- :Dated to- :Museum-:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.140-142}}:*{{ListRef|Low N.D.}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.76|x}}:'''Grave goods''' :*''Sword, shield, spear, ringed pin, beads, strap end'' <gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery> ==The Islands== 
===Scotland, Argyll and Bute: Ardnamurchan===
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===Scotland, SutherlandArgyll and Bute, Argyll: DurnessLoch Lomond, BalnakeilBoiden===
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''Also known as 'Lower Bridge of Froon, Boiden Mound''
:Status-
:Type- Viking child burial (aged 8 to 13)found in a mound. Cremation?:Find date- 1991found in April 1851
:Bodies-
:Dated to-
:Museum-LOST
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998Stewart 1854}}:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1874|p.140-142569}}:*{{ListRef|Low N.DGrieg 1940|p.15}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.7674|x}}:*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.30}}:'''Grave goods''' :*''Sword, shield, spear, ringed pin, beads, strap end'' (LOST) - :*''Shield boss'' (LOST) -:*''Spear head'' (LOST) -
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===Scotland, OrkneyArgyll and Bute, SandayColonsay: ScarKiloran Bay===
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:Status-
:Type- Viking boat burial including a man, woman and child :Find date- 1985excavated in 1882
:Bodies-
:Dated to- AD 875-950
:Museum-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Owen & Dalland 1999}} :*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.138118-140122}}:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1907}}:'''Grave goods''' :*''sword, comb, playing pieces, arrows with quiver remains, whale bone plaque, equal armed brooches, shears, cooking spit--''
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===[[:Category:Scotland, Outer HebridesArgyll and Bute, Isle of LewisIslay: UigBallinaby|Scotland, CnipArgyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby]]===<hr>{{:Category:Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby}} ===Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Oronsay: Carn a' Bharraich===
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''Also known as Kneep''
:Status-
:Type- Viking woman burial :Find date- 1979April 1891 and 1913:Bodies- burials
:Dated to-
:Museum-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.113-118}}:*{{ListRef|Welander, Batey & Cowie 1987Grieve 1924}}:*{{ListRef|Curle 1924}}:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1907}}:*{{ListRef|McNeill 1891}}:'''Grave goods''':
:*''--''
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===[[:Category:Scotland, OrkneyHighland, WestnessEigg|Scotland, Highland, Eigg]]: RousayKildonnan===<hr>{{:Category:Scotland, Highland, Eigg}}<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery> ===Scotland, Highland, Isle of Skye: Skeabost, Tote===
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:Status-
:Type-Cairn containing a cremated? male:Find date- excavated between 1968 and 1984in 1922?
:Bodies-
:Dated to-
:Museum-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.135-138Lethbridge 1920}}:Grave goods: :*''Axe head and part of the wooden shaft'Grave goods'-:*''hone'' - :*''copper alloy pin''-:*''ivory bead'' -:*''Shield'' - possible shield fragments of iron and wood.
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===Scotland, ShetlandOuter Hebrides, St. Ninian's Isleof Lewis: Uig, Cnip===
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''Also known as Kneep''
:Status-
:Type-Viking woman burial :Find date- excavated in 19581979:Bodies- Viking babies
:Dated to-
:Museum-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Oliver 2012Welander, Batey & Cowie 1987}}:*{{ListRef|p.187Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998}}
:'''Grave goods'''
:*''Hoard of Pictish silver bowls, cups and jewellery found in a box--''. Dated to just prior to 800AD.[OLIVER 2012:p.187]
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===Scotland, Sutherland, Dunrobin: Golspie===
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:Status- {{Possible}}
:Type-
:Find date-
:Bodies- a number of graves
:Dated to-
:Museum-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1874|p.554}}
:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.15-17}}
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.76}}
:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}'''
:*''Oval brooches'' (pair) -
:'''{{Male|Grave goods}}'''
:*''Spear head'' -
:'''other finds'''
:*''[[Axes found in Britain#Scotland, Sutherland, Dunrobin: Golspie|Axe head]]'' -
:*''Ring'' - iron
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==Northern Isles==
===Scotland, Orkney, Mainland: Broch of Gurness===
:Dated to-
:Museum-
:Comments- At least 6 graves [ROBERTSON 1969]
:Publications-
:*{{NoRefListRef|Robertson 1969|p.289|x}}:*{{NoRef|Hedges 1987|from Redmond 2007|x}}
:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.127-129}}
:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.74|x}}
:'''More Grave Goods - Tower''' [Hedges 1987]
:*''Shield Boss'' -iron
:*''Shield Boss'' - iron
:'''More Grave Goods - Ditch''' [Hedges 1987]
:*''Linen Smoother'' - glass
:*''Folding balance'' - copper-alloy
:*''Bead'' (LOST) - jet
:*''Whetstone'' (LOST) -
:'''More Grave Goods - Ramparts''' [Hedges 1987]
:*''Ring-headed pin''- copper-alloy
:*''Bead''- amber
:'''More Grave Goods - West of Tower''' [Hedges 1987]
:*''5 Finger rings''- copper-alloy. Found on two skeletal hands.
:'''Grave 1932 {{Female}}'''
:*''Oval Brooches'' (Pair) - Type 51:*''Necklace'' - with of seashells (lobster shell fragments) [ROBERTSON 1969] or a string of amulets and pendants between them. One of the amulets was a Thors hammer.[REDMOND 2007]
:*''Sickle'' - iron
:*''Knife'' (Not survived) - ironwith wooden handle.:*''Pin'' - bone. Not mentioned by Robertson [ROBERTSON 1969]
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===Scotland, HighlandOrkney, Isle of SkyeMainland: Skeabost, ToteBuckquoy===
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:Status- {{Accepted}}:Type- Cairn containing in a cremated? malelate Norse building :Find date- excavated in 1922?1970:Bodies- skeleton (Male)
:Dated to-
:Museum-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Lethbridge 1920Ritchie 1976|pp.190-191,200-201|x}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.77|x}}:'''{{Male|Grave goods: }}''':*''Axe head and part of the wooden shaftRinged-pin'' -copper-alloy. L:166mm:*''honeKnife'' - iron. fragments of bone handle. L:120mm:*''copper alloy pinWhetstone'' -black shale. L:85mm:*''ivory beadSpearhead'' -iron, leaf shaped and socketed. L:87mm:*''ShieldMount'' - possible shield fragments of bone fragment with 2 iron and woodrivets.L:45mm
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===Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway: EcclefechanOrkney, TorbeckhillMainland: Stenness===
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:Status- {{PossibleAccepted}}:Type- found in a mound by the River Mein:Find date- found excavated in 19131902:Bodies- NoneSkeleton:Dated to- c.900 [Redmond 2007]:Museum- National Museum of Scotland
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Curle 1914bCharleson 1904|pp.565-566|x}}:*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927Charleson 1905|ppp.3595|x}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.13-1480|x}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.10961}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.7477|x}}:*{{ListRef|Żabiński 2007|no.33}}:'''{{MaleFemale|Grave goods}}''':*''[[Swords found in Britain#Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway: Ecclefechan, Torbeckhill|Sword]]Ring-headed pin'' - [Xcopper-alloy.IL 340] Petersen type L (like Petersen p.116, fig.97a)Length: original 6½" surviving 5¼"
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===Scotland, CaithnessOrkney, Mainland: Reayfrom a neighbouring island===''Also known as 'Mainland: unprovenanced'''
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:Status- {{Accepted}}:Type-mound:Find date- excavated in 1913 and 19261902:Bodies- Skeleton:Dated to-:Museum- :Publications- :*{{ListRef|Charleson 1904|pp.560-561|x}}:*{{ListRef|Charleson 1905|pp.87-90|x}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.86|x}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.77|x}}:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}''':*''Oval Brooch'' (Pair) - Type R654. Fragment of cloth, possibly linen. L:4", W:2½", Depth:1¼".:*''Armlet'' - bone (or jet). Dia-inner: 2½", Thickness:½".:*''Spindle-whorl'' - amber. Dia: 1", H:½".:*''Pin'' - copper-alloy. fragment<gallery mode=Packed heights=100px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">Scotland, Orkney, neighbouring island - Oval brooch (Charleson 1905).JPGScotland, Orkney, neighbouring island - bone ring (Charleson 1905).JPG</gallery> ===[[:Category:Scotland, Orkney, Rousay: Westness|Scotland, Orkney, Rousay: Westness]]===<hr>{{:Category:Scotland, Orkney, Rousay: Westness}} ===[[:Category:Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall|Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall]]===<hr>{{Category:Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall}} ===Scotland, Orkney, Sanday: Broch of Lamaness===<hr>====Grave 1914====:Status- {{Accepted}}:Type- :Find date- before 1914
:Bodies-
:Dated to-
:Quote - "A pair of oval Viking Brooches of brass, a Jet Armlet, and an Amber Bead, found near the Broch of Laminess, south end of the Island of Sanday, Orkney." [Anon. 1915:p.15]:Museum-National Museum of Scotland
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Curle 1914a}}:*{{ListRefAnon. 1915|Edwards & Bryce 1927|x}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.1987-88}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.12556-12757}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.74|x78}}:'''''found in 1928''''':*''Strap-end'' - C7th<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;"></gallery>:'''{{MaleFemale|Grave 1926}}''':*''Axe'':*''Shield Boss'':*''Knife'':*''Sickle'':*''Buckle'' - Iron:*''Ring-headed pin'':*''Whetstone''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; text-align:left;">Skeleton (Edwards & Bryce 1927 fig.8).JPGAxe (Edwards & Bryce 1927 fig.9).JPGPin, Whetstone & flints (Edwards & Bryce 1927 fig.12).JPG</gallery>:'''Grave 1913 {{Femalegoods}}''':*''Oval BroochesBrooch'' (Pair) - not identical Type R654:*''Ring-headed PinArm ring'' - copper-alloyJet:*''Buckle and plateBead''- amber:*''Spindle whorlPennanular brooch'':*''Horse Bit''<gallery mode=Packed heights=120px style="Padding-left:30px; textcopper-align:left;"></gallery>:'''''found near Grave 1913 Female''''':*''Buckle'' alloy. Dia- ironring:*''Tweezers'' - iron2.3cm
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===Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Oronsay: Carn a' Bharraich=Grave 1878====<hr>:Status- {{Accepted}}:Type- :Find date- April 1891 and 19131878:Bodies- None burials
:Dated to-
:Museum-National Museum of Scotland
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998Grieg 1940|p.113-11888}}:*{{ListRef|Grieve 1924Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.56-57}}:*{{ListRef|Curle 1924Redmond 2007|p.78}}:*'''{{ListRefMale|Anderson 1907Grave goods}}''' :*{{ListRef|McNeill 1891}}''Sword'':Grave goods: *''Spearhead'':*''--Axe''- not mentioned by Grieg 1940?
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===Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Colonsay: Kiloran Bay=Grave 1914 Braeswick====<hr>:Status- {{Accepted}}:Type- :Find date- excavated in 1882before 1914
:Bodies-
:Dated to-
:Museum-
:Quote - "A Viking oval Brooch of brass; two Beads of amber and a Bead of blue glass, all found together on the Island of Sanday, Orkney." [Anon. 1915:p.14]
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Anon. 1915||x}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.88}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.118-12257}}:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1907Redmond 2007|p.78}}:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}''':*''Oval Brooch''-Copper-alloy. Type R648.:*''3 Beads'' - amber, white glass, blue glass. 
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===Scotland, Argyll and ButeOrkney, ArgyllSanday: Loch Lomond, BoidenScar===
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''Also known as 'Lower Bridge of Froon, Boiden Mound'':Status- {{Accepted}}:Type- found in Viking boat burial including a mound. Cremation?man, woman and child :Find date- found in April 18511985:Bodies- 3 skeletons. Male, Female and a 10 year old child:Dated to- AD 875-950:Museum- LOST
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Stewart 1854Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.138-140}}:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1874|p.569Owen & Dalland 1999}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940Redmond 2007|p.1578}}:*'''{{ListRefMale|Redmond 2007|p.74|xGrave goods}}''' :*''Sword with Scabbard'' - Petersen Type H.:*''Arrows with Quiver remains'' - :*''Comb'' -:*''weights'' - lead:*''Gaming pieces'' - whale:'''{{ListRefFemale|Żabiński 2007|no.30Grave goods}}''' :*''Equal armed brooch'':*'Grave goods'Whale bone plaque'':*''SwordComb'':*''Sickle'':*''Weaving batten'' (LOST) - iron:*''Shield bossShears'' (LOST) -:*''Spear headNeedle Tidy'' (LOST) - :*''Chest'' - Wooden with metal fittings:*''Spindle whorl'' - steatite:*''Spindle whorl'' - sandstone:'''{{Unknown|Child Grave goods}}''' :''None''
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===Scotland, Caithness: LanghillsShetland, Unst===
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:Status- {{Possible}}
:Type-
:Find date- 18401861:Bodies- None
:Dated to-
:Museum-National Museum of Scotland:Quote-"Oval bowl-shaped Brooch (minus pin) of bronze or brass, ornamented with the figure of a human head in relief on each side; small hemispherical Vessel or Cup of bronze ; small oval Button of serpentine, with two perforations—all found in a Viking grave in Unst, Shetland, in 1861." [Anon. 1894]:Publications-:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1874Anon. 1894|p.551-5526 no.7|x}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.25103}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.64}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.7680|x}}
:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}'''
:*''Oval broochesBrooch'' (pair) -Type R647:*''Circular box'' - Copper-alloy. Dia:5cm H:4cm.:*''serpentine button'' - possibly from this grave [Redmond 2007]
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===Scotland, SutherlandShetland, DunrobinUnst: GolspieClibberswick===
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:Status- {{Possible}}
:Type- :Find date- mid C18th:Bodies- a number of gravesNone
:Dated to-
:Museum- National Museum of Scotland:Quote-
:Publications-
:*{{ListRef|Anderson 1874|p.554556|x}}:*{{ListRef|Anon. 1882|p.17-19|x}}:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.15103-17105}}:*{{ListRef|Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998|p.64}}:*{{ListRef|Redmond 2007|p.7680|x}}
:'''{{Female|Grave goods}}'''
:*''Oval broochesBrooch'' (pairPair) - :'''{{Male|Grave goods}}''':*''Spear headTrefoil Brooch'' - :'''other finds''':*''Axe headArm ring'' (LOST) - :*''Ring3 beads'' (LOST) - ironglass. 2 white and 1 blue.
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===[[:Category:Scotland, HighlandShetland, Eigg|Scotland, Highland, Eigg]]: KildonnanSt. Ninian's Isle===
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:Status- :Type-:Find date- excavated in 1958:Bodies- babies:Dated to- :Museum-:Publications- :*{{ListRef|Oliver 2012|p.187}}:Category'''Grave goods''':Scotland*''Hoard of Pictish silver bowls, Highland, Eigg}}cups and jewellery found in a box''. Dated to just prior to 800AD.[OLIVER 2012:p.187]
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===[[:Category:Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby|Scotland, Argyll and Bute, Islay: Ballinaby]]===
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===[[:Category:Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall|Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall]]===
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{{Category:Scotland, Orkney, Westray: Pierowall}}
== References ==
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