Eynhallow, The Graand

A standing stone, as described by the RCAHMS; it is possibly of no great age. Photo on 495 card.

Surveyed at 1:10,000.

Visited by OS (NKB) 9 June 1967.

Eynhallow HY 3589 2869 HY32NE 13

Immediately above the shoreline on a low crest consisting of shelving rocks, an upright slab 1.65m high, set in a packing of smaller stones. It was probably used in connection with hauling up boats and is of no great age.

RCAHMS 1982, visited August 1982

(RCAHMS 1946, ii, p. 234; No. 616; Mooney 1949, 32; OR 772)

HY32NE 13 3589 2866.

(HY 3589 2866) Stone (NAT)

OS 1:10,000 map, 1977.

An upright slab set in a packing of smaller stones. It measures 5 ft 5 ins high by 2 ft 1 in by 1 ft 2 ins; the top is angled along the natural line of cleavage.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1929.

A standing stone, as described by the RCAHMS; it is possibly of no great age.

Surveyed at 1:10,000.

Visited by OS (NKB) 9 June 1967.

HY 36041 29076 A desk-based assessment and walkover survey of the island of Eynhallow was undertaken in April 2007. A total of 65 sites were recorded, ranging from post-medieval buildings to prehistoric structures. Of particular interest was the identification of a previously unrecorded burnt mound in the N of the island, several possible prehistoric burial mounds and a well preserved sequence of field dykes. Although further work is required to understand these boundaries, initial assessment suggests there is clear phasing and chronological depth to these features which may include potential prehistoric land divisions.

Report to be deposited with the Orkney SMR and RCAHMS.

Funder: Hunter Archaeological Trust, Viking Society for Northern Research, Orkney Archaeological Trust, Orkney College Geophysics Unit.

As described.

Visited by RCAHMS (GFG) 12 August 2015

Moore and Thomas 2008, Site 33