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Ballarat House
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Ballarat House
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 2017
Site Number HY31NW 26
NGR HY 3033 1640
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Birsay And Harray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY31NW 26 3033 1640.
A horseshoe-shaped mound of burnt material, suggestive of cooking refuse, covering an area 25 yds by 20 yds, lies 200 yds NW of Ballarat House.
Inspector Ancient Monuments file no.SC 23521/1A
HY 3033 1640. A turf-covered burnt mound, generally as described by the Inspector for Ancient Monuments, but measuring about 17.0m. in diameter and 1.0m. in height, situated in a pasture field adjacent to the Burn of Netherbrough, at about 50ft OD. A large depression extends from the NW side to the centre.
Visited by OS (NKB) 2 June 1966.
Field Visit (2 June 1966)
HY 3033 1640. A turf-covered burnt mound, generally as described by the Inspector for Ancient Monuments, but measuring about 17.0m. in diameter and 1.0m. in height, situated in a pasture field adjacent to the Burn of Netherbrough, at about 50ft OD. A large depression extends from the NW side to the centre.
Visited by OS (NKB) 2 June 1966.
