Sanday, Helliehow, 'cot Brae'
Mound (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Sanday, Helliehow, 'cot Brae'
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 3488
Site Number HY64NE 14
NGR HY 69 45
NGR Description HY c. 69 45
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3488
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Cross And Burness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY64NE 14 c. 69 45.
Marwick mentions 'a mound at Helliehow, that is now called Cot Brae', in his discussion at the Sanday 'Hogboon' legends. A search of the area revealed no obvious mound near the farm which is now deserted.
H Marwick 1923.
Field Visit (1979)
In discussing Sanday legends of the Hogboon (haug-buandi,
haug-bui, mound-dweller) Marwick mentions a mound at Helliehow
that is now called the Cot Brae, with which a Hogboon was
associated. [R1]
Helliehow is presumably helgi-haugr holy mound. But a
search of the area revealed no obvious mound near the farm, which
is deserted.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) 79.
