North Ronaldsay, Ancumtoun
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name North Ronaldsay, Ancumtoun
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 3661
Site Number HY75SE 14
NGR HY 76775 54796
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3661
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Cross And Burness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY75SE 14 7677 5479
At HY 7677 5479 is a turf-covered, roughly circular mound of burnt stones, about 12.5m in diameter and 1.0m high. A trench has been cut through the centre from SW to NE.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (AA) 20 July 1970.
(HY 7678 5480) Burnt Mound (NR)
OS 1:10,000 map, (1974).
Field Visit (20 July 1970)
At HY 7677 5479 is a turf-covered, roughly circular mound of burnt stones, about 12.5m in diameter and 1.0m high. A trench has been cut through the centre from SW to NE.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (AA) 20 July 1970.
Field Visit (August 1979)
As described including trench. 30m NE is another grassed
mound, crescentic, 0.7m high, 15m across.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Aug 79.
Note (1980)
Ancumtoun, North Ronaldsay HY 7678 5480 HY75SE 14
A roughly circular mound; OS records burnt stones visible in a recently dug trench, now grassed over. About 30m NE is another mound, crescentic, 15m across, 0.7m high.
RCAHMS 1980
(OR 193)
