Knowes Of Euro
Barrow(S) (Prehistoric), Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Knowes Of Euro
Classification Barrow(S) (Prehistoric), Cist (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 2426
Site Number HY41NW 5
NGR HY 4131 1883
NGR Description HY 4131 1883 and HY 4142 1885
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 5 4131 1883 and 4142 1885.
(HY 4130 1883 : HY 4141 1884) Knowes of Euro (NR)
OS 6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1900).
Two mounds, the more easterly of which is clearly defined, 40ft in diameter and almost 5ft high. It appears to have been opened, but is now mostly heather-grown.
The western mound is about 35ft in diameter and almost 4ft high. A small cist, 3ft 5 ins long by 2ft wide and 1ft 8 ins deep, has been uncovered about halfway between the eastern mound and the farm-road.
RCAHMS 1946.
Knowes of Euro, two barrows, as described. No trace of a cist was found between the eastern mound and th farm-road. Visited by OS(RL) 12 June 1967.
Field Visit (12 June 1967)
Knowes of Euro, two barrows, as described. No trace of a cist was found between the eastern mound and the farm-road. Visited by OS(RL) 12 June 1967.
Field Visit (May 1981)
As described - now in recently improved and re-seeded
pasture; somewhat truncated by the ploughing, but survive as
prominent mounds.
This area is recently improved and re-seeded. No trace of a
cist.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) May 81.
Field Visit (18 October 1993)
During the course of the Orkney Barrows Project, it was noted that a track ran over one of the mounds. Still prominent, the mounds form part of a larger cemetery [HY41NW 1, HY41NW 2, HY1NW 3].
1: Measures 12.6m by 13.7m. Height 1.25m. Some kerb stones visible on S south side. Visible to SE for 500m and appears on the horizon to NNE and N for 70m.
2: Measures 11.2m by 13.5m. Height 0.85m. Appears on the horizon to the W and S to 1km.
The two mounds are not intervisible.
Information from the Orkney Barrows Project (JD), 1993
