Orkney Smr Note

Date May 1983

Event ID 617075

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Orkney Smr Note

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Listed among burnt mounds. [R1]

A burnt mound c. 2.5m high. OS visit Jul 70.

Prominently sited and extensive burnt mound 2.5m high on

hillside, surrounded by boggy ground.

Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Jul 79.

E-W 22m, N-S 29m, oval, general height 1.9m but rising

steeply to a 2.5m high knoll at N end, where the content of burnt

stones is exposed by cattle-wear. The axis of the mound lies

along the contour.

Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) May 83.