Scheduled Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates: •
Tuesday 3rd December 11:00-15:00
During these times, some services may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Groundwater
Barrow (Prehistoric)
Site Name Groundwater
Classification Barrow (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 1938
Site Number HY30NE 2
NGR HY 3696 0878
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1938
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Orphir
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY30NE 2 3696 0878.
(HY 3696 0878) Tumulus (NR)
O.S.6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1903).
"... a heather-grown mound about 22ft diameter and 2ft high with stones showing round the margin as well as on the sides. The centre has been partially opened."
RCAHMS 1946. Visited August 1928.
A grass-covered tumulus of earth and a few small stones, situated near the edge of a ploughed field on a false crest, as described by the Commission.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RL) 29 April 1966.
Field Visit (18 September 1993)
This bowl-shaped mound was visited during the course of the Orkney Barrows Project. Measuring 7.0m in diameter and 0.8m in height, some kerb stones were visible on the W side. It is situated on a low rise amongst drumlins.
Information from the Orkney Barrows Project (JD), 1993
Field Visit (10 May 2013)
This grass-grown barrow stands on a low rise 160m NW of Groundwater farmsteading. Roughly oval on plan due to the affects of ploughing, it measures about 8.3m from N to S by 7.3m transversely and about 0.7m in height. The barrow is depicted (as a ‘tumulus’) on the 1st edition of the OS 25-inch map (Orkney 1882, Sheet CVII.8; Name Book No.14, p.17).
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG) 10 May 2013.
