Knowe of Yarso Chambered Cairn View all content for Knowe of Yarso

An oval or sub-oval mound covered a stalled tomb entered from the south-eastern end. It resembled Midhowe except that the cairn sat on a substantial 'scarcement' surmounted by a foot high course of flags set at an angle thrn finally a horizontal course. It was the first such feature discovered in Orkney

Posted by wideford 2nd June 2017ce

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