Eday, Noup Hill
Dyke (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Eday, Noup Hill
Classification Dyke (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Calfsound
Canmore ID 3167
Site Number HY53NE 32
NGR HY 5654 3958
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3167
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Eday
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY53NE 32 5654 3958.
Contouring the steep side of Noup Hill overlooking Calfsound, where the slope begins to lessen towards the summit, is a dyke partly buried in the peat. It is traceable from HY 5657 3961 to HY 5647 3947. The structure is of massive sandstone boulders up to 0.4m high, edge-set into the hillside, their faces transverse to the slope. On the W, uphill side of this dyke at HY 5654 3958 is a sub-rectangular enclosure of similar construction, 16m E-W by 32m. For part of its N side a double row of boulders is apparent, giving a wall 0.6m w ide. Immediately W of the enclosure is a quarry, and at its NE corner is a quarry-like hollow in which are several deliberate looking edge-set slabs which may be remains of an ancient structure.
Visited by R G Lamb, October 1981
RCAHMS 1984.
