South Ronaldsay, Sandyhill
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name South Ronaldsay, Sandyhill
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Sandy Hill
Canmore ID 9542
Site Number ND48NW 14
NGR ND 4413 8726
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9542
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish South Ronaldsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
ND48NW 14 4413 8726
At ND 4413 8726 on the summit of Sandy Hill is a cairn, visible as a turf-covered stony mound, 1.2m high and 11.0m in diameter. The centre has been disturbed and some of the stones used to build a modern marker cairn just off centre.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (ISS) 6 May 1973.
Field Visit (17 April 1994)
This cairn was visited as part of the Orkney Barrows Project. It measures 8.5m in diameter and 0.85m in height. It is damaged where it was cut through for construction of the radar station. Some stone is visible, and the cairn is best seen from the W.
Information from the Orkney Barrows Project (JD), 1994
