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The significance of the landscape
South Knowe
The mound known as the south knowe is right by
the southern edge of the Ring of Brodgar, on the outer side of the
monument's encircling ditch.
The knowe is the smallest of the mounds surrounding
the Brodgar ring, measuring a mere 1.8 metres (6 feet) across by 1.8 metres
high.
The current state of the mound, with a depressed
"hollow" at the top, is the result of antiquarian "investigations"
in the 19th century. These excavations were not recorded so it is not
clear what, if anything, was found within the mound.
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