North Ronaldsay, Neven
Cist (Bronze Age)
Site Name North Ronaldsay, Neven
Classification Cist (Bronze Age)
Canmore ID 3653
Site Number HY75NE 7
NGR HY 7717 5504
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3653
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Cross And Burness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY75NE 7 7717 5504
(HY 7717 5504) A cist was found about 40.0m west of HY75NE 1 at a spot indicated by Mr P K Thomson, The Neven, who recalls his grandfather describing how it was discovered during drain-digging. It contained burnt bones and ashes and was left in situ and re-covered.
Find-spot surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB), 20 July 1970.
Note (1980)
Neven, North Ronaldsay, HY 7717 5504 HY75NE 7
Site of discovery of a short cist.
RCAHMS 1980
(OR 231)
Field Visit (1999)
A cist is said to have been found here during drain-digging. It apparently contained burnt bone and ashes. It was left in-situ and re-covered with soil. Ref.: RCAHMS (1980), #30.
Moore & Wilson 1999.
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey, 1999
