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Hoy, Selwick

Mound (Period Unknown)

Site Name Hoy, Selwick

Classification Mound (Period Unknown)

Canmore ID 1559

Site Number HY20NW 16

NGR HY 2267 0536

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Hoy And Graemsay
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY20NW 16 2267 0536

No traces of any burnt material are evident on this grass-covered artificial mound. No information could be obtained locally.

Surveyed at 1:2500.

Visited by OS (RD) 20 September 1964.

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Field Visit (September 1964)

Selwick HY 2267 0536 HY20NW 16

Amid rough grass on a steep NE-facing hillside is an unclassifiable mound measuring 10m N-S by 7m and 1.3m high.

RCAHMS 1989, visited September 1964.

(RCAHMS 1946, ii, p. 100, No. 383; OR 1909).

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