Grind, Skeabrae
Barrow (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Grind, Skeabrae
Classification Barrow (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 1858
Site Number HY22SE 26
NGR HY 2692 2062
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1858
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Sandwick
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY22SE 26 2692 2062
(HY 2692 2062) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed., (1903).
A turf-covered mound of light-coloured earth mixed with fairly large stones. It measures about 49 ft by 33ft, the main axis lying almost due east and west, and rises to a height of 5ft 3 ins. A hollow on the north side indicates that a large portion of it has been removed.
RCAHMS 1946.
A turf-covered mound of earth and stones, 1.0m high, truncated by quarrying and mutilated by the addition, on the top, of a WD gun post. It is too indefinite to classify, but its conspicuous position on a broad-backed low eminence suggests a barrow.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB), 21 May 1967.
Field Visit (21 May 1967)
A turf-covered mound of earth and stones, 1.0m high, truncated by quarrying and mutilated by the addition, on the top, of a WD gun post. It is too indefinite to classify, but its conspicuous position on a broad-backed low eminence suggests a barrow.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 21 May 1967.
