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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

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Evie And Rendall
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

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.

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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.

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