Orkney Smr Note

Date October 1972

Event ID 619033

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Orkney Smr Note

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On formerly cultivated grount, now pasture. Mound grassed

and much of it removed on SW side. Remains of cist-like

construction protruding through turf in the hollow. Mound 70ft

NW-SE x 60 ft, height 4ft 6in at NW, 7ft 6in at SE. Excavated by

W G Grant after RCAMS visit, he found burnt material and a

slab-formed box 5ft long x 4ft wide. [R1]

Crescentic burnt mound open to W, the partly-exposed

slab-formed box visible near centre. OS visit October 1972.