Eynhallow

Eynhallow HY 3650 2913 HY32NE

Two erect slabs set into a steep slope, the larger 0.7m long, 0.2m thick and projecting 0.4m, the other at a 45° angle to the Send of it, seem to be the same feature as described by Mooney, three edge-slabs set in an arc. Their purpose is uncertain.

RCAHMS 1982, visited August 1982

(Mooney 1949, 32; OR 775)

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.

Only one of the two stones identified by Lamb (RCAHMS 1982, 31) was observed on the date of visit.

Visited by RCAHMS (GFG) 13 August 2015

Moore and Thomas 2008, Site 9