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South Ronaldsay, Kirkie Hill
Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Site Name South Ronaldsay, Kirkie Hill
Classification Cairn (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 9617
Site Number ND49SW 14
NGR ND 4384 9023
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9617
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish South Ronaldsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
ND49SW 14 4384 9023.
Situated at ND 4384 9023 on the summit of Kirkie Hill is a circular turf-covered cairn, 7.5m in diameter and 0.7m high. An excavation about 1.0m circular and 0.6m deep in the centre has revealed the interior of earth and stones but there is no trace of a cist.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (ISS) 2 May 1973.
Field Visit (15 April 1994)
This bowl-shaped cairn was visited during the Orkney Barrows Project. It measures 5.6m by 5.4m and 0.4m in height. A coursed interior was notred. It is visible for a kilometre in all directions.
Information from the Orkney Barrows Project (JD), 1994
