Quinni
Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Quinni
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 1876
Site Number HY22SE 42
NGR HY 2518 2315
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1876
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Birsay And Harray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY22SE 42 2518 2315.
(HY 2518 2315) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed., (1900).
A heather-clad mound which appears to be prehistoric. It is 30ft in diameter and about 4ft 6ins high, sloping somewhat towards the east and NE.
RCAHMS 1946.
A well-shaped turf-covered barrow, mainly of earth, with some stone, as described by the Commission, situated on a conspicuous crest.
Revised at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 23 May 1967.
Field Visit (13 October 1993)
This mound could not be located. According to the Orkney SMR it was still well visible at the 1967 visit. It was a heather covered mound and the fields are now all improved so it may have been ploughed away.
Information from the Orkney Barrows Project, 1993
