Stromness
Barrow (Prehistoric), Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Site Name Stromness
Classification Barrow (Prehistoric), Cup Marked Stone (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 1484
Site Number HY20NE 12
NGR HY 25 09
NGR Description HY c. 25 09
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1484
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Stromness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY20NE 12 c. 25 09.
A small sandstone slab, 8 inches long by 6 inches wide by 2 inches thick with three small cups surrounded by an incised line, found in the debris of a barrow near Stromness, was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, Accession no. BG 148) by M M Charleson on 9th May 1898.
M M Charleson 1898; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1898.
No further information on this find could be obtained. M M Charleson is now dead.
Visited by OS(RD) 14 September 1964.
Field Visit (14 September 1964)
No further information on this find could be obtained. M M Charleson is now dead.
Visited by OS(RD) 14 September 1964.