Sanday, Spur Ness
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Sanday, Spur Ness
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Spurness
Canmore ID 3479
Site Number HY63SW 6
NGR HY 6060 3479
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
Note (1980)
Spurness, Sanday HY 6060 3479 HY63SW
A crescentic mound 23m by 14m and 2m high with some burnt stones showing; in the boggy bottom of a hillside valley between two converging streamlets.
RCAHMS 1980
(OR 367)
Orkney Smr Note (1991)
A roughly crescentic mound, grass-covered but a few burnt
stones showing, 23m x 14m x 2m high, occupying the space between
two converging streamlets in the boggy bottom of a shallow
valley. RGL Jun 79.
Geophysical survey confirms this site as probable burnt mound and suggests possible structure to E. Hunter and Dockrill 1991, p28
Information from Orkney SMR
Field Visit (1999)
A crescent-shaped burnt mound is located on a sloping hillside, close to a small pool. It measures 25m in diameter and stands to 2m high. Burnt stone deposits, in a matrix of dark soil, are exposed in the sides of the mound. Recent embanking has served to contain the pool, possibly as a source of drinking water for cattle. Ref.: RCAHMS (1980), #51.
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, 1999
