Durkadale
Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Durkadale
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 2212
Site Number HY32NW 14
NGR HY 3017 2505
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2212
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Birsay And Harray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY32NW 14 3017 2505.
(HY 3017 2505) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1900).
There is a patch of ground 36 ft in diameter, where many large stones set on edge at various angles show through the turf, on a slight elevation about 100 yds north of two rubbish heaps (HY32SW 20). Nothing is known of what may lie beneath.
RCAHMS 1946.
A low turf-covered mound, strewn with several large stones, one of which is set on edge, situated in a marshy area. It is roughly circular, measuring c.9.0m. in diameter and 0.6m. in height. Unable to classify but undoubtedly artificial.
Revised at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 4 June 1967.
Orkney Smr Note (March 1983)
As described but several edge-slabs on perimeter.
Rabbit-scraped show black loamy soil; no burnt material.
Possibly a prehistoric house-site.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Mar 83.
