Gairsay, Sweyn's Castle
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Gairsay, Sweyn's Castle
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 2670
Site Number HY42SE 1
NGR HY 4507 2195
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2670
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Evie And Rendall
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY42SE 1 4507 2195.
(HY 4505 2195) Sweyn's Castle (NR) (Site of)
OS 6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1900).
A mound of burnt stones.
RCAHMS 1946.
A large crescentic turf-covered mound, c3.0 m. high, composed of burnt stone and situated close by the sea-shore and a small freshwater loch.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RL) 8 June 1967.
Field Visit (8 June 1967)
A large crescentic turf-covered mound, c3.0 m. high, composed of burnt stone and situated close by the sea-shore and a small freshwater loch.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RL) 8 June 1967.
