Eynhallow
Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Eynhallow
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 350656
Site Number HY32NE 97
NGR HY 36132 28974
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/350656
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Rousay And Egilsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Ground Survey (25 April 2007 - 29 April 2007)
HY 36041 29076 A desk-based assessment and walkover survey of the island of Eynhallow was undertaken in April 2007. A total of 65 sites were recorded, ranging from post-medieval buildings to prehistoric structures. Of particular interest was the identification of a previously unrecorded burnt mound in the N of the island, several possible prehistoric burial mounds and a well preserved sequence of field dykes. Although further work is required to understand these boundaries, initial assessment suggests there is clear phasing and chronological depth to these features which may include potential prehistoric land divisions.
Report to be deposited with the Orkney SMR and RCAHMS.
Funder: Hunter Archaeological Trust, Viking Society for Northern Research, Orkney Archaeological Trust, Orkney College Geophysics Unit.
Field Visit (12 August 2015)
Situated about 145m WNW of the Lodge (HY32NE 89), there is a grass-grown oval mound, measuring 6.9m from N to S by 6m transversely, and 0.3m in height.
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG) 12 August 2015
Moore and Thomas 2008, Site 40
