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Hackland

Barrow (Prehistoric), Cist (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Hackland

Classification Barrow (Prehistoric), Cist (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 1630

Site Number HY21NE 38

NGR HY 2788 1933

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Sandwick
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY21NE 38 2788 1933.

(HY 2788 1933) Tumulus {NR} (site of) : Stone Cist found A.D. 1873 O.S.6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1903).

The remains of a large mound, now considerably cut up for the erection of farm buildings, lie about 150 yds SE of the farm house of Hackland. A ditch round the west side may be of later date.

RCAHMS 1946.

The cist was found when 'casting up the foundations of a house ... at the south end of the farmhouse of Hackland'.

Name Book 1880.

A much mutilated barrow of indeterminate dimensions. The ditch referred to be the Commission is probably a modern drainage ditch.

Visited by OS(RL) 15 May 1967.

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Field Visit (15 May 1967)

A much mutilated barrow of indeterminate dimensions. The ditch referred to be the Commission is probably a modern drainage ditch.

Visited by OS(RL) 15 May 1967.

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