Archaeology Notes

Event ID 643877

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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HY22SW 20 2374 2370.

(HY 2374 2370) Knowe of Garraquoy (NR)

O.S.6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1903).

A mound of burnt stones.

RCAHMS 1946.

The Knowe of Garraquoy is a slightly crescentic turf-covered mound, c.1.2 m. maximum height, composed mainly of earth and burnt stones and situated close by a stream.

Visited by OS(RL) 17 May 1967.