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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 643702
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/643702
HY20SW 2 c. 243 038.
(HY c. 243 038) Leekhouse (NR)
Stone Cist and Human Remains found A.D.1876.
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed., (1903).
Leekhouse, now a piece of rough pasture, (the name means 'dead house' in the former language of the inhabitants) is said to have been an ancient burial ground.
A stone cist and human remains were ploughed up in the field in 1876.
Name Book 1880; RCAHMS 1946.
Mr Bremner, of Linksness, Hoy. states that while deep ploughing in his oatfield, centred at HY 243 038, which is covered with small stones, he has come across numerous shells and larger stones set on edge. The tradition that there was once a burial ground at 'Leekhouse' is well known locally.
Visited by OS (RD) 18 September 1963.
