Copinsay
Souterrain (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Copinsay
Classification Souterrain (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Canmore ID 3255
Site Number HY60SW 6
NGR HY 6122 0159
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3255
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish St Andrews And Deerness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY60SW 6 6122 0159.
At HY 6122 0159 exposed in a gentle N-facing slope is the top of an oval corbelled chamber, 1.7m NNE-SSW by 1.2m and 0.6m deep, probably the choked chamber of a souterrain.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (ISS) 16 May 1973
Exposed in a gentle N-facing slope there is the top of an oval corbelled chamber, which measures 1.7m NNE-SSW by 1.2m transversely and 0.6m in depth; it is probably the chamber of a partially blocked earth-house.
RCAHMS 1987, visited March 1973
