West Puldrite
Barrow (Prehistoric), Cist (Period Unassigned), Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name West Puldrite
Classification Barrow (Prehistoric), Cist (Period Unassigned), Mound (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 2424
Site Number HY41NW 3
NGR HY 4131 1866
NGR Description HY 4131 1866 and HY 4140 1855
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Evie And Rendall
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY41NW 3 4131 1866 and 4140 1855.
(Area : HY 414 186) A mound not more than 2ft high lies about 200 yds south of the more easterly of the Knowes of Euro (HY41NW 5). In the centre can be seen, protruding through the turf, the sides and one end-slab of a cist about 23 ins square.
A little over 100 yds to the south, close together, are two other low mounds, 21 and 23ft in diameter. Both have been dug into, but the slight excavations are now heather-covered.
There are traces suggestive of other mounds in the neighbourhood.
RCAHMS 1946.
There is a barrow, c.7.5m in diameter, at HY 4131 1866. It is as described by the Commission, except that only the two side-slabs of the cist can now be seen.
The site of a possible barrow can be seen as a shapeless mound, perhaps 8.0m in diameter, at HY 4140 1855.
There is no trace of any other mound in the area.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RL) 12 June 1967.
Field Visit (12 June 1967)
There is a barrow, c.7.5m in diameter, at HY 4131 1866. It is as described by the Commission, except that only the two side-slabs of the cist can now be seen.
The site of a possible barrow can be seen as a shapeless mound, perhaps 8.0m in diameter, at HY 4140 1855.
There is no trace of any other mound in the area.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RL) 12 June 1967.
Field Visit (May 1981)
Land recently improved -ploughed and reseeded. Site of mound
2 just still traceable as a gentle rise, overploughed, mound 1
reserved from ploughing and still upstanding.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) May 1981.
Field Visit (1 April 1994)
The mounds at West Puldrite were visited as part of the Orkney Barrows Project. Neither was measured and it was noted that the mounds may have been levelled.
Information from the Orkney Barrows Project (JD), 1994
