Sanday, Colligarth
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Sanday, Colligarth
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 3533
Site Number HY64SE 4
NGR HY 69167 41527
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Lady
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY64SE 4 6916 4153.
(HY 6917 4154) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed.(1903).
Mound: Now completely destroyed by cultivation.
RCAHMS 1946.
A ploughed-down burnt mound c. 0.9m high.
Visited by OS (NKB) 6 July 1970.
Field Visit (6 July 1970)
A ploughed-down burnt mound c. 0.9m high.
Visited by OS (NKB) 6 July 1970.
Field Visit (August 1979)
A barely perceptible rise in a sown-grass field.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Aug 79.
Note (1980)
Colligarth Farm, Sanday HY 6917 4154 HY64SE 4
Now a barely perceptible rise in a sown-grass field.
RCAHMS 1980
(RCAHMS 1946, ii, p. 42, No. 166; OR 263)
