Island Of Danna
Mound (Viking)
Site Name Island Of Danna
Classification Mound (Viking)
Canmore ID 39056
Site Number NR77NW 9
NGR NR 7059 7953
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Knapdale
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR77NW 9 7059 7953.
(NR 704 794) An oval setting of stones 28' x 10', axis NE, with a small group of larger stones near centre. Locally "known to be a grave". Suggests a boat-shaped Viking grave. Situated on SW end of low spit of land at E side of bay; in line between Castle Sween and Keills Church.
M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964.
NR 7059 7953:- A grass-covered amorphous scatter of loose stones, situated just above High Water Mark. Its origin is not clear but it is probably only an old storm-beach deposit.
Visited by OS (DWR) 14 May 1973.
