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South Gyran

Barrow (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Site Name South Gyran

Classification Barrow (Prehistoric)(Possible)

Canmore ID 1691

Site Number HY21NW 5

NGR HY 2425 1543

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

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

Archaeology Notes

HY21NW 5 2425 1543.

(HY 2425 1543) Tumulus (NR) (Site of).

O.S.6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1903).

"An ancient place of interment ... At different periods stone cists have been found here containing decayed bones and ashes, and nearly every season that this portion of ground is being ploughed some are found, and must have contained a great number. A few small polished stones were also found and an immense quantity of loose stones and rubbish."

Name Book 1880.

Area under pasture. No trace of a tumulus was seen.

Visited by OS(RL) 18 May 1966.

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Field Visit (18 May 1966)

Area under pasture. No trace of a tumulus was seen.

Visited by OS(RL) 18 May 1966.

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