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Knowe Of Eversti

Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Site Name Knowe Of Eversti

Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 1919

Site Number HY22SW 3

NGR HY 2300 2288

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Birsay And Harray
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY22SW 3 2300 2288.

(HY 2300 2288) Knowe of Eversti (NR)

O.S.6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1903).

A mound of burnt stones.

RCAHMS 1946.

The 'Knowe of Eversti' is a turf-covered mound, c.1.7 m maximum height, composed of earth and burnt stones, situated close by the Burn of Eversti.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS(RL) 24 May 1967.

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Field Visit (24 May 1967)

The 'Knowe of Eversti' is a turf-covered mound, c.1.7 m maximum height, composed of earth and burnt stones, situated close by the Burn of Eversti.

Surveyed at 1/2500.

Visited by OS(RL) 24 May 1967.

Orkney Smr Note

Knowe of Eversti, a burnt mound about a quarter of a mile from the sea shore, NE of Outshore Point

Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]

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