Sanday, Butter Knowe
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Sanday, Butter Knowe
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 3622
Site Number HY74SW 3
NGR HY 70960 43156
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3622
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Lady
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY74SW 3 7096 4315
(HY 7094 4315) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1900).
A mound of burnt stones which is locally known as 'The Butter Knowe'
RCAHMS 1946.
A burnt mound, still known as "Butter Knowe", measuring c14.0m in diameter, and 0.8m high.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500
Visited by OS (NKB), 12 July 1970.
Field Visit (12 July 1970)
A burnt mound, still known as "Butter Knowe", measuring c14.0m in diameter, and 0.8m high.
Re-surveyed at 1/2500
Visited by OS(NKB) 12 July 1970.
Orkney Smr Note (August 1979)
Listed among burnt mounds. [R1]
Burnt mound 14m diameter 0.8m high. OS visit Jul 70.
As described.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Aug 79.
Note (1980)
Butter Knowe, Sanday HY 7094 4315 HY74SW 3
Burnt mound 14m diameter, 0.8m high.
RCAHMS 1980
(RCAHMS 1946, ii, p. 170, No. 453; OR 270)
Field Visit (1999)
A grassy mound, 14m in diameter and 0.6m high, lies on improved pasture. Ref.: RCAHMS (1946), #453; RCAHMS (1980), #34.
Moore & Wilson 1999.
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, 1999
