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Sanday, 'hoosie Mound'

Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Site Name Sanday, 'hoosie Mound'

Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)

Canmore ID 3455

Site Number HY63NW 6

NGR HY 6285 3775

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Cross And Burness
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY63NW 6 6285 3775.

'Hoosie Mound', a mound of burnt stones, lies nearly opposite the end of the roadway which leads to Warsetter farm-house. 'HY 6285 3775).

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1928.

No trace and no local knowledge of a burnt mound near Warsetter. The name 'Hoosie Mound' is now applied to a natural elevation centred at approx HY 625 384. (But see HY63NW 26).

Visited by OS(AA) 12 July 1970.

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Field Visit (12 July 1970)

No trace and no local knowledge of a burnt mound near Warsetter. The name 'Hoosie Mound' is now applied to a natural elevation centred at approx HY 625 384. (But see HY63NW 26).

Visited by OS(AA) 12 July 1970.

Desk Based Assessment (1970)

'Hoosie Mound', a mound of burnt stones, lies nearly opposite the end of the roadway which leads to Warsetter farm-house. 'HY 6285 3775).

Information from OS c1970.

Source: RCAHMS 1946, visited 1928.

Note (1980)

'Hoosie Mound', Sanday HY63NW 6

RCAHMS lists a burnt mound of this name near Warsetter, but it cannot now be located; OS records that the name is applied to a natural hillock a considerable distance away at HY 625 384.

RCAHMS 1980

(RCAHMS 1946, ii, p. 43, No. 169; OR 357)

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