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Sanday, Leavis Garth
Cist (Bronze Age)(Possible), Hammer (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name Sanday, Leavis Garth
Classification Cist (Bronze Age)(Possible), Hammer (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 3551
Site Number HY64SE 7
NGR HY 695 416
NGR Description HY c. 695 416
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3551
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Lady
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY64SE 7 c. 695 416.
(Area: HY 695 416) A cist said to have been found, many years before 1928, in a mound now destroyed, which lay aboout midway between the farms of Leavisgarth and North-hill.
A perforated stone hammer is said to have been found nearby.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1928.
There is no trace and no local knowledge of a mound and cists hereabouts. (Information from Mr J Guthrie, North-Hill, Sanday).
Visited by OS (NKB) 6 July 1970.
Note (1980)
Leavisgarth Farm, Sanday HY c. 695 416 HY64SE 7
Old report of find of a perforated stone hammer.
RCAHMS 1980
(RCAHMS 1946, ii, p. 173, No. 481; OR 320)
Orkney Smr Note
A perforated stone hammer said to have been found in
neighbourhood of the cist between Leavisgarth and North-hill.
[R1], OR 319.
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d]
