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Papa Westray, 'milliemahoose'
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Papa Westray, 'milliemahoose'
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Holland
Canmore ID 2849
Site Number HY45SE 10
NGR HY 4895 5167
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2849
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Papa Westray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Desk Based Assessment (28 April 1970)
A mound of burnt stones which lay adjacent to the stone at Holland (HY45SE 5), has been destroyed by cultivation, but burnt material can be seen when the surface has been ploughed.
Information from OS (ES) 28 April 1970.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1928.
Field Visit (1 July 1970)
At HY 4895 5167, overlaid by a wall, is an amorphous rise, c.12.0m in diameter, upon whose surface burnt stones are visible.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 1 July 1970.
Field Visit (June 1982)
Milliemahoose HY 4895 5167 HY45SE 10
On the N edge of the field known as Milliemahoose, immediately N of Holland, is a grass-covered rise some 12m across; burnt material was visible in 1928 and 1970.
RCAHMS 1983, visited June 1982.
(RCAHMS 1946, ii, p. 185, No. 535; OR 784).
