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Bu Of Orphir, Pond
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric), Curling Pond (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Dam (Period Unassigned), Mill Pond (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Bu Of Orphir, Pond
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric), Curling Pond (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Dam (Period Unassigned), Mill Pond (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 1966
Site Number HY30SW 13.01
NGR HY 3325 0470
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1966
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Orphir
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY30SW 13.01 3325 0470.
A possible curling pond, shown but not described on the 1882 map.
OS 6" map, Orkney, 1st ed., (1882).
(Classified as Mound). The (scheduled) monument comprises a burnt mound (a cooking place, probably of Bronze Age date) and a disused mill dam of recent date but occupying an older site, together with their surrounding area.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling record dated 29 February 1996.
Antiquarian Mapping (1882)
A possible curling pond, shown but not described on the 1882 map.
OS 6" map, Orkney, 1st ed., (1882).
