Blubbersdale
Barrow(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name Blubbersdale
Classification Barrow(S) (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 2239
Site Number HY32SE 2
NGR HY 378 202
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2239
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Evie And Rendall
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY32SE 2 378 202
(HY 3786 2023) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1900).
A mound of earth traditionally said to be a burial place.
Name Book 1880.
Nothing is to be seen of this mound.
RCAHMS 1946.
Three barrows, situated in open moorland.
'A' (that published by the OS) is grass-covered, with its top slightly mutilated, and measures c.10.0m in diameter by 0.7m high.
'B' - HY 3784 2032, is heather-covered and slightly mutilated by peat-cutting, and measures c.10.0m in diameter and c.1.0m high.
'C' - HY 3795 2025 - is heather-covered, and measures c.6.0m in diameter by c.0.7m high.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RL), 2 June 1967.
Field Visit (2 June 1967)
Three barrows, situated in open moorland.
'A' (that published by the OS) is grass-covered, with its top slightly mutilated, and measures c.10.0m in diameter by 0.7m high.
'B' - HY 3784 2032, is heather-covered and slightly mutilated by peat-cutting, and measures c.10.0m in diameter and c.1.0m high.
'C' - HY 3795 2025 - is heather-covered, and measures c.6.0m in diameter by c.0.7m high.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RL) 2 June 1967.
Field Visit (31 March 1994)
Visited during the course of the Orkney Barrows Project, two of the three mounds in this group could not be located. The heather was high and the landscape was distorted by peat cutting, so they may still be present.
Located mound: HY 37840 20320. Bowl-shaped. Measures 10.0 by 10.9m. Height 1.2m. It is prominent from the E on skyline, and visible to the S & W for 1km.
Information from the Orkney Barows Project (JD), 1994
Orkney Smr Note
Tumulus - A mound of earth and traditionally said that some
persons were buried here at one time, 34 chains NE of Bluebersdale
and about 30 chains W of the Castle. [R1]
No trace of mound marked on OS map at 650 yards ENE of
Blubersdale. [R2]
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
