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Fan Knowe, Hyval Cottage
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Fan Knowe, Hyval Cottage
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 1623
Site Number HY21NE 31
NGR HY 2999 1975
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1623
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Sandwick
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY21NE 31 2999 1975.
(HY 2999 1975) Fan Knowe {NR}
O.S.6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1903).
Fan Knowe is a grass-covered mound of earth and small stones, probably a burnt mound, from its similarity with burnt mounds elsewhere (HY31NW 12 and HY31NW 26 HY31NE 8) although no burnt material is visible. It measures c.1.8m high and c.23.0m N-S by 16.0m transversely.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RL) 14 June 1966.
Field Visit (14 June 1966)
Fan Knowe is a grass-covered mound of earth and small stones, probably a burnt mound, from its similarity with burnt mounds elsewhere (HY31NW 12 and 26 and HY31NE 8) although no burnt material is visible. It measures c.1.8m high and c.23.0m N-S by 16.0m transversely.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RL) 14 June 1966.
Orkney Smr Note
A large mound with a covering of light green turf which shows
up clearly against the rougher heather land surrounding it except
on the W side where the land is cultivated. At the W side also a
well may be noted closely impinging on the outer margin of the mound.
The mound appears to have been cut through from E to W by a
Former excavation. It's diameter is about 70ft and is about 6ft
high. A great deal of material has apparently been carted away.
visit date 12 June 1929. [R1]
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
