Condition

6
Burnt Mound
Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age
3622
SMR270
Orkney

Description

A grassy mound, 14m in diameter and 0.6m high, lies on improved pasture. Ref.: RCAHMS (1946), #453; RCAHMS (1980), #34. CP- this mound is circular and even in profile. It may be a burnt mound but no associated features are currently showing.

Location

370960.00
1043150.00
27700
59.2738495
-2.5112548

Submitted photographs

Image Date Caption User
Mound 26/06/2013 Mound cparker
Mound

Submitted updates

Update id Date User
1228 26/06/2013 cparker
Tidal state Low
Site located? Yes
Proximity to coast edge 11-50m
Coastally eroding? not eroding
Coastal defence Yes
Visibility above ground Highly visible (substantial remains)
Visibility in section Not visible
Access accessible on foot (no footpath)
Local knowledge is not locally known
Description A grassy mound, 14m in diameter and 0.6m high, lies on improved pasture. Ref.: RCAHMS (1946), #453; RCAHMS (1980), #34. CP- this mound is circular and even in profile. It may be a burnt mound but no associated features are currently showing.
geophysical survey

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