North Ronaldsay, Neven
Cist (Prehistoric), Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name North Ronaldsay, Neven
Classification Cist (Prehistoric), Mound (Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Loch Garso
Canmore ID 3629
Site Number HY75NE 1
NGR HY 77203 55045
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3629
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Cross And Burness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY75NE 1 7720 5504
(HY 772 5504) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1900).
Stone Cist found AD 1865 (NAT)
OS 25" map, Orkney,(1900).
'A mound or tumulus where a stone coffin or cist was dug up in 1865' lies about 30 yds SE of Niven (HY 7717 5506).
(RCAHM apply the description of HY75SE 15 to this site).
Name Book 1879.
An amorphous sandy knoll of uncertain character.
Visited by OS (NKB) 20 July 1970.
(Formerly scheduled as Neven, mound). Descheduled.
Information from Historic Scotland, Certificate of Exclusion from Schedule, dated 20 December 1999.
Field Visit (July 1979)
A shapeless sandy rise difficult to distinguish from general
broad ridge from sandblow infill behind the sheep dyke.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Jul 79.
Note (1980)
Neven, North Ronaldsay HY 7720 5504 HY75NE 1
Mound in which a cist was found 1865.
RCAHMS 1980
(Name Book, Orkney, No. 13, p. 28; OR 195)
Field Visit (27 April 1994)
This mound was visited during the Orkney Barrows Survey but ws not recorded in detail. A cist may be visible. The mound is probably visible from all directions, as the area is fairly flat.
Information from the Orkney Barrows Project (JD), 1994
Field Visit (1999)
A cist was found in an amorphous sandy knoll in 1865. There are no indications of any archaeological remains in the area at present. Ref.: RCAHMS (1980), #19.
Moore & Wilson 1999.
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, 1999
