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Field Visit

Date 30 April 1992

Event ID 968818

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/968818

These mounds were visited during the Okney Barrows Project.

Tenston 1: Bowl-shaped. Diameter 14.0m. Height recorded as 1-4ft.

Tenston 2: Bowl-shaped. Diameter 4.0m. Height 0.10m.

Tenston 3: Bowl-shaped. Diameter 12.0m. Height 1.0m.

Tenston 4: Bowl-shaped. Diameter 12.0m. Height 0.2m.

Tenston 5: Bowl-shaped. Diameter 5.0m. Height 0.3m.

Tenston 6: Bowl-shaped. Diameter 8.0m. Height 0.3m.

Tenston 7: Bowl-shaped. Diameter 10.0m. Height 0.2m.

Tenston 8: Bowl-shaped. Diameter 11.0m. Height 0.6m. Approximate measurement due to presence of bull in field.

Tenston 9: Bowl-shaped. Diameter 12.0m. height 0.7m. Approximate measurement due to presence of bull in field.

Tenston 10: Levelled. Not recorded.

Tenston 11: Levelled. Not recorded.

Tenston 12: Levelled. Not recorded.

Tenston 13: Levelled. Not recorded.

Tenston 14: Levelled. Not recorded.

The mounds are probably best visible to the E, for up to 1km.

Information from the Orkney Barrows Project (JD), 1992

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