Archaeology Notes
Event ID 646041
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
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HY62NE 8 6829 2523
See also HY62NE 9.
(HY 6828 2523) Cairn (NR)
(Site of) (NAT)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed., (1900).
A mound of burnt stones
Name Book 1879.
A slight rise in a cultivated field showing burnt stones on its surface. RCAHMS could see 'no distinct indications of any construction here' and mistakenly apply the name 'God Odina' to this site. (See HY62NE 9)
Visited by OS(AA) 20 July 1970.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1928.
This site was under crop when visited. (The identification with 'God Odina' is erroneous).
RCAHMS 1984, visited July 1979.