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Rousay
Fort (Period Unassigned), Vitrified Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Rousay
Classification Fort (Period Unassigned), Vitrified Stone (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 2719
Site Number HY43SW 22
NGR HY 4 3
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2719
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Rousay And Egilsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY43SW 22 unlocated.
In the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) there is a specimen (of vitrified material?) from a "vitrified fort" on the island of Rousay Orkney, presented by James Traill Esq., in 1787.
A Way 1849.
No knowledge of vitrifaction in Rousay. Could this specimen be from a burnt mound?
Visited by OS(AA) 18 October 1972.
