Rousay, Langskaill
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Rousay, Langskaill
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Everhaud
Canmore ID 2727
Site Number HY43SW 3
NGR HY 4020 3310
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2727
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Rousay And Egilsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY43SW 3 4020 3310.
(HY 4020 3310) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1900).
A burnt mound.
RCAHMS 1946. Visited 1933.
A conical burnt mound known locally as "Everhaud".(Information from Mr J S Firth, Langskaill). It measures c.14.0m E-W by c.12.0m and is 1.1m high.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS(AA) 17 October 1972.
Field Visit (17 October 1972)
A conical burnt mound known locally as "Everhaud".(Information from Mr J S Firth, Langskaill). It measures c.14.0m E-W by c.12.0m and is 1.1m high.
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS(AA) 17 October 1972.
Note (1982)
Everhaud HY 4020 3310 HY43SW 3
Conical mound.
RCAHMS 1982
(RCAHMS 1946, ii, p. 226, No. 589; OR 530)
