Knowes Of Cott
Mound(S) (Period Unknown)
Site Name Knowes Of Cott
Classification Mound(S) (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 1717
Site Number HY21SE 29
NGR HY 2518 1348
NGR Description HY 2518 1348 and HY 2519 1346
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Stromness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY21SE 29 2518 1348 and 2519 1346.
('A' HY 2518 1348 and 'B' 2519 1346)
Knowes of Cott (NR)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed., (1903).
In 1928 two insignificant mounds were identified. The larger, which had been dug into,was possibly about 60 ft. in diameter: the other , only possibly artificial, lay a few yards to the N.,was about 1 ft. high and may have been about 20 ft. in diameter. There may have been at least three mounds here.
Classified under 'Cairns, Cists etc.' Only two mounds 'apparently Tumuli', were noted in 1880 and no information about them was obtainable locally.
Name Book 1880; RCAHMS 1946.
These mounds now appear as slight rises at HY 2520 1347 on a hilltop. They were levelled by Mr. J. Chalmers, who stated that they were earthen and contained no burnt material. No finds have been made.
Information from Mr J Chalmers, Lee, Stromness Parish, Orkney; visited by OS (NKB) 15 September 1964.
Field Visit (29 September 1993)
Two mounds were recorded as part of the Orkney Barrows Project.
Knowes of Cott 1: Bowl-shaped. Diameter not recorded. Height 0.15m. Almost levelled.
Knowes of Cott 2: Bowl-shaped. Diameter not recorded. Height 0.10m. Almost levelled.
Both mounds are prominent on a spur, visible for 1-2km to the NE, W up to 300m and for 2-5km in some directions [not recorded].
Information from the Orkney Barrows Project (JD), 1993
