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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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Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Lady
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

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.

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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)

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