Rosemount And Easthouse
Barrow(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Rosemount And Easthouse
Classification Barrow(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 1657
Site Number HY21NE 7
NGR HY 273 165
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Sandwick
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY21NE 7 273 165
(Area centred HY 273 165) Tumuli {NR}
(HY 2725 1650) Stone Cist found {NAT}
OS 25"map, (1880)
This is a group of at least fourteen mounds which vary between 16 1/2 and 35ft in diameter and from 1 to 4ft in height. Many of them appear to have been partially excavated and in two cases small cists can still be seen lying near the centre, but there are no records of the investigation.
Name Book 1880; OS 25"map, (1880); RCAHMS 1946.
The remains of fourteen barrows, in two distinct groups, generally as described by the RCAHMS, composed mainly of earth with some stones visible. The westerly group is situtated on the top of a prominent ridge at about 100ft OD; the easterly at the bottom of the same ridge at about 50ft OD. No trace was found of the cists and no recent finds have been reported.
Visited by OS (NKB), 20 May 1966.
Field Visit (20 May 1966)
The remains of fourteen barrows, in two distinct groups, generally as described by the RCAHMS, composed mainly of earth with some stones visible. The westerly group is situtated on the top of a prominent ridge at about 100ft OD; the easterly at the bottom of the same ridge at about 50ft OD. No trace was found of the cists and no recent finds have been reported.
Visited by OS (NKB) 20 May 1966.
Field Visit (30 April 1992)
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
