Field Visit

Date 1979

Event ID 619202

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/619202

In discussing Sanday legends of the Hogboon (haug-buandi,

haug-bui, mound-dweller) Marwick mentions a mound at Helliehow

that is now called the Cot Brae, with which a Hogboon was

associated. [R1]

Helliehow is presumably helgi-haugr holy mound. But a

search of the area revealed no obvious mound near the farm, which

is deserted.

Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) 79.