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Quoyloo, Stove
Cist(S) (Period Unknown)
Site Name Quoyloo, Stove
Classification Cist(S) (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 1900
Site Number HY22SW 12
NGR HY 2440 2077
NGR Description HY 2440 2077 and HY 2435 2064
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1900
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Sandwick
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY22SW 12 2440 2077 and 2435 2064.
(HY 2440 2077) Stone Cist & Human Remains found A.D.1843 (NAT)
(HY 2435 2064) Human Remains found A.D.1897 (NAT)
OS 6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed., (1903).
'A number of graves are said to have been discovered on the west side of the road near Stove, Quoyloo, but in no case was there any trace of a cairn or mound above them'.
RCAHMS 1946.
No further information.
Visited by OS(RL) 23 May 1967.
'The Orcadian' in 1896 describes the discovery of a cist with bones and three skulls at Quarry-banks (Quarrybanks) in the Scarwell area.
M Howe 2006
Orkney Smr Note (May 1987)
No O.N.B. ref. [Object Name Book] even for the 1843 find. Possibly this was the
first reported at the time the 1897 discovery was recorded.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) May 1987.
