Monument record MHG2205 - Site of Burnt Mound near Yarhouse Broch

Summary

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

Location

Grid reference Centred ND 3079 4340 (16m by 16m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet ND34SW
Old County CAITHNESS
Civil Parish WICK
Geographical Area CAITHNESS

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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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  • --- 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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Record last edited

Oct 18 2017 12:48PM

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