MHG2205 - Site of Burnt Mound near Yarhouse Broch

Summary

Bronze age-early Iron Age burnt mound. No longer visible.

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BURNT MOUND (Undated)

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A burnt mound, near Yarhouse broch (ND34SW 1) was opened by Joseph Anderson about 1871.
It measured 20-30ft in diameter and up to 4ft in height, and was composed of burnt and broken stones, 2 to 3ins across, covering layers of flat evenly-laid stones. The interstices were filled with unctuous black mould.
Finds included charcoal, cinders, vitrified stones, and bones, burnt and unburnt.
J Anderson 1873

This mound was not located.
Visited by OS (N K B) 4 May 1967.

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--- SHG1220 Text/Publication/Article: Anderson, J. 1873. 'Notes on the excavation of "Kenny's Cairn", on the Hill of Bruan; Carn Righ, near Yarhouse; the Warth Hill Cairn, Duncansbay; and several smaller sepulchral cairns in Caithness', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 9 1870-2, p.292-6. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 292-6. 295-6.

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Grid reference	Centred ND 3079 4340 (16m by 16m) (2 map features)
Map sheet	ND34SW
Civil Parish	WICK
Geographical Area	CAITHNESS

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https://canmore.org.uk/site/9040 (View RCAHMS Canmore entry for this site)

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