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Hill Of Cruaday
Mound(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hill Of Cruaday
Classification Mound(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Newbigging
Canmore ID 1855
Site Number HY22SE 23
NGR HY 2526 2205
NGR Description HY 2526 2205 and HY 2526 2207
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Sandwick
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY22SE 23 2526 2205 and 2526 2207.
(HY 2526 2205: HY 2526 2207) Tumuli (NR)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed., (1903).
Two mounds from 25 to 30ft in diameter and relatively inconspicuous. They are formed largely of stones and now have no very definite features.
RCAHMS 1946.
Two low turf-covered barrows of earth and stones, situated on a conspicuous ridge. The southern barrow measures 12.5m N-S by 9.0m E-W, and 0.6m high, but has probably been spread by ploughing. The other barrow is circular, 6.0m in diameter and 0.3m high.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 23 May 1967.
Field Visit (13 October 1993)
One of the mounds is fenced within its own small enclave and is thus protected. It measures 13.6m by 11.3m and is 1.3m in height. Some stoney soil is visible. It is very prominent on the skyline, visible for 1km from the E through to the NW.
The second mound is not fenced. It measures 5.0m in diameter and 0.3m in height. It is not as prominent as the other.
Information from the Orkney Barrows Project (JD), 1993
