Hoy, Brims, Hillock Of Salwick
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Hoy, Brims, Hillock Of Salwick
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 8916
Site Number ND28NE 1
NGR ND 28771 88693
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8916
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Walls And Flotta
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
ND28NE 1 2876 8869
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 18 June 1967.
ND 287 887 Burnt mound, prehistoric.
Sponsors: Historic Scoland, Orkney Archaeological Trust.
G Wilson and H Moore 1997
Field Visit (June 1967)
On the hillside above Brims is a conical grass-covered burnt mound 11m in diameter and 2m high.
Visited by RCAHMS June 1967
Field Visit (18 June 1967)
Resurveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 18 June 1967.
Field Visit (June 1987)
Hillock of Salwick ND 2876 8869 ND28NE 1
On the hillside above Brims is a conical grass-covered burnt mound 11m in diameter and 2m high.
RCAHMS 1989, visited June 1987.
(RCAHMS 1946, ii, p. 341, No. 1013; OR 1928).
Field Visit (1997)
ND 287 887 Burnt mound
2nd/1st millenium BC
Located
A conical, grass covered burnt mound measures 11m in diameter and stands to 2m high. It is located in an enclosed field of improved grassland to the rear of inhabited 20th C houses.
Sponsors: Historic Scoland, Orkney Archaeological Trust.
G Wilson and H Moore 1997
Orkney Smr Note
Hillock of Sallwick, Brims is a grass covered conical mound,
about 36ft in diameter x 6ft 6in to 8ft 6in high with a slight
overgrown hollow in the top.
On the SW there are traces of banking of unknown origin but
possibly later than the mound. [R1]
Hillock of Salwick, an irregular turf covered mound of burnt
stones, generally as RCAMS. OS visit 18 June 1967.
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
