Quholm, Burn Of Una
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Quholm, Burn Of Una
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 1759
Site Number HY21SW 3
NGR HY 2484 1254
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1759
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Stromness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY21SW 3 2484 1254.
(HY 2483 1255) Tumulus (NR)
O.S.6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1903).
Described in 1880 as " a conspicuous green circular mound...supposed to be a Tumulus". Classified in 1928 as a Burnt Mound.
Name Book 1880; RCAHMS 1946.
This well defined turf-covered mound, 2.5m. high is situated at HY 2484 1254, adjacent to the Burn of Una. It has been excavated in the top to a depth of 1.3m, but there is no local knowledge of any finds resulting from this excavation. In the eastern slopes traces of small burnt stones can be seen.
Resurveyed at 1.2500.
Visited by OS(NKB) 16 September 1964.
Field Visit (16 September 1964)
This well defined turf-covered mound, 2.5m. high is situated at HY 2484 1254, adjacent to the Burn of Una. It has been excavated in the top to a depth of 1.3m, but there is no local knowledge of any finds resulting from this excavation. In the eastern slopes traces of small burnt stones can be seen.
Resurveyed at 1.2500.
Visited by OS(NKB) 16 September 1964.
Desk Based Assessment (1964)
HY21SW 3 2484 1254.
(HY 2483 1255) Tumulus (NR)
O.S.6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1903).
Described in 1880 as " a conspicuous green circular mound...supposed to be a Tumulus". Classified in 1928 as a Burnt Mound.
Information from OS c.1964
Sources: Name Book 1880; RCAHMS 1946.
