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Castle Bloody

In or near Kirkwall.

Castle Bloody — prehistoric feature on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland.

Castle Bloody

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Castle Bloody is a archaeological in islands. (Prehistoric feature on the island of Shapinsay, Scotland.) Wikipedia notes: "Castle Bloody is a prehistoric feature on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland. Hogan observes that while the feature is marked as a chambered mound on the UK Ordnance Survey map, the structure is more properly and specifically classified as a souterrain or earth house.". Coordinates 59.0324°, -2.8102°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
59.0324, -2.8102

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