Breck
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Breck
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 2969
Site Number HY50NW 11
NGR HY 5147 0604
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2969
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish St Andrews And Deerness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY50NW 11 5147 0604.
A mound of burnt stones is 'Near Breck and Little Crofty - About 250 yds L of Breck and about the same distance SSE of Little Crofty 12.7.1933'.
RCAHMS 1946.
This turf covered mound at HY 5147 0606 is 10.0m x 0.8m and 1.5m high; on the NE side, which has been dug away, burnt earth and stones are visible.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RD) April 1964.
This mound is at HY 5147 0604.
Visited by OS field surveyor, 27 January 1967.
Field Visit (April 1964)
This turf covered mound at HY 5147 0606 is 10.0m x 0.8m and 1.5m high; on the NE side, which has been dug away, burnt earth and stones are visible.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (RD) April 1964.
Field Visit (27 January 1967)
This mound is at HY 5147 0604.
Visited by OS field surveyor, 27 January 1967.
Orkney Smr Note
Listed among burnt mounds. [R1]
Turf-covered mound at 5144 0606, 10 x 8 x 1.5m high; on NE side which has been dug into, burnt earth and stone are visible.
OS visit 1964.
This mound is at 5147 0605. OS revision 1967.
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
