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South Ronaldsay, Dyke-end
Barrow (Prehistoric)(Possible), Barrow(S) (Prehistoric)
Site Name South Ronaldsay, Dyke-end
Classification Barrow (Prehistoric)(Possible), Barrow(S) (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Commonty Of Lally
Canmore ID 9611
Site Number ND49SE 9
NGR ND 4758 9227
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9611
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish South Ronaldsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
ND49SE 9 4758 9227
There are three burnt mounds on the shoulder of the hill known as the Commonty of Lally.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1929
These heather-covered earthen mounds centred at ND 4758 9227, (A-C), on a SE facing slope, are barrows and not burnt mounds.
'A' measures 10.5m in diameter and 1.0m high, and is surrounded by a circular ditch, silted up in the SE but elsewhere 1.5m wide and 0.3m deep.
'B' measures 7.5m in diameter and 1.0m high.
'C' a mutilated mound measuring 4.0m in diameter and 0.5m high, may be a barrow, but could be natural.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (IMT) 6 May 1973.
Field Visit (6 May 1973)
These heather-covered earthen mounds centred at ND 4758 9227, (A-C), on a SE facing slope, are barrows and not burnt mounds.
'A' measures 10.5m in diameter and 1.0m high, and is surrounded by a circular ditch, silted up in the SE but elsewhere 1.5m wide and 0.3m deep.
'B' measures 7.5m in diameter and 1.0m high.
'C' a mutilated mound measuring 4.0m in diameter and 0.5m high, may be a barrow, but could be natural.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (IMT) 6 May 1973
Field Visit (15 April 1994)
The location of these mounds was visited during the Orkney Barrows Project. They could not be located for measuring, and may have been levelled. The location means they would have been visible, but not prominent, to the NE, E and S for c.1km.
Information from the Orkney Barrows Project (JD), 1994
