Biggings, Grimeston
Souterrain (Prehistoric)
Site Name Biggings, Grimeston
Classification Souterrain (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 2019
Site Number HY31NW 28
NGR HY 3072 1546
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 28 3072 1546.
An earth-house, covered over and no longer visible, was excavated in 1928, revealing a clay-lined chamber 14 ft by 7 ft and 2 ft 3 ins high, with a roof of huge slabs supported by 8 stone pillars. There were no indications that the passage was stone-lined and only one lintel slab was discovered during the excavations.
RCAHMS 1946.
The site of an earth-house, as described by the Commission, was indicated by Mr J W Anderson (owner of, Biggings, Grimeston, Harray), who was present at the excavation in 1928, at HY 3072 1546 on a low swelling in a pasture field.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 10 June 1966.
