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Culdiegeo
Barrow Cemetery (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Site Name Culdiegeo
Classification Barrow Cemetery (Bronze Age)(Possible)
Canmore ID 306584
Site Number HY40NE 50
NGR HY 49910 05050
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/306584
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Holm
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Orkney Smr Note
Next to the N boundary of New Holland farm are a group of 3 heather covered mounds. The largest is 8m in diameter and 0.9m high. 12m to the NW of this is the second largest, 7m in diameter by 0.5m high. 12m to the S of this is the third and smallestmound, 5m in diameter by 0.5m high. Some stone is visible in the numerous rabbit burrows that pervade the mounds. The triangle between the mounds is waterlogged. A possible Bronze Age barrow cemetery.
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
