Howe Of Langskaill
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Howe Of Langskaill
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 3102
Site Number HY51SW 1
NGR HY 5147 1048
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3102
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish St Andrews And Deerness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY51SW 1 5147 1048.
(HY 51461048) Howe of Langskaill (Brough) (NR)
OS 6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1903).
Howe of Laingskail (NR)
OS 25"map, Orkney, 1st ed.,(1881).
Listed as "Mounds of Burnt Stones, sometimes with Associated Structure ... Aikers. - About 250 yds. NNE of Aikers in the Yinstay district. 'Howe of Laingskaill"
RCAHMS 1946.
Fire blackened earth and stones are visible in this 1.4m.high turf covered mound which has been considerably dug away on the north. No structures are visible within the mound or in its vicinity.
See Ground Photograph AO/64/38/1 & 2
Resurveyed at 25"
Visited by OS(RD) 9 April 1964
This mound lies on the edge of rough ground 300m NNW of Aikers and shows enough of its content of burnt earth and burnt stones to confirm its classification. It survives to a height of 1.4m, but has been much quarried away on its N side.
RCAHMS 1946; 1987, visited April 1979
Field Visit (9 April 1964)
Fire blackened earth and stones are visible in this 1.4m.high turf covered mound which has been considerably dug away on the north. No structures are visible within the mound or in its vicinity.
See Ground Photograph AO/64/38/1 & 2
Resurveyed at 25"
Visited by OS(RD) 9 April 1964
