Orkney Smr Note

Event ID 619034

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Orkney Smr Note

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/619034

On front edge of terrace immediately above level ground.

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This was a turf-covered mound 5ft high, 27ft diameter,

before excavation by W Grant, 1940. Double exterior wall-face

only partially excavated. Main axis of passage and chamber is S

of E and N of W; chamber, stalled type, 12ft long divided into 3

by transverse slabs; side walls of masonry, max height 3ft 6in.

Chamber was left open after excavation; main features still

visible but N wall has collapsed. Carinated pottery and flint

chip in Nat Museum Antiqs. [R1]

Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]