Field Visit
Date June 1982
Event ID 1156106
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1156106
The Disses of the Holm HY 5091 5183 HY55SW 1
This most remarkable monument, on the highest ground at the Send of the Holm is an elongated version of the Maes-Howe type of tomb, having no less than ten single and two double side-chambers opening off the main chamber. It is further notable for markings, now not easy to find, including an 'eyebrow motif'. The tomb was excavated in 1849 by Thomas, at which time no finds of ancient material were made. Its condition subsequently deteriorated, a graphic account of which is given by Corrie in 1928; the following year it was taken into guardianship and given a concrete barrel-roof.
RCAHMS 1983, visited June 1982.
(Thomas 1852, 127-9; Petrie 1857, 61; 1866, 222-3, 225; Marwick 1925, 46; RCAHMS Notebook, Orkney, No. 2, 11 July 1928; RCAHMS 1946, ii, pp. 186-9, No. 544; Henshall 1963, 201-2; Ritchie and Ritchie 1978, 36--7; OR 920).
