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<< Our Photo Pages >> Grimsquoy - Round Barrow(s) in Scotland in Orkney

Submitted by howar on Thursday, 03 June 2004  Page Views: 3731

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Grimsquoy
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.799 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Orkney Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Kirkwall
Map Ref: HY473085  Landranger Map Number: 6
Latitude: 58.960432N  Longitude: 2.917957W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
1 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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'Grimsquoy' submitted by howar : main road barrows view Yes, those punctuation marks are about the name on the NMRS ! I've debated long about adding these, but yesterday they stood out. They lie the other side of the stream from the often muddy footpath between Inganess Bay and the road to Deerness. Coming from the road having watched a reed bunting I noticed a few stones near the bottom of the mound at that end. Passing by and ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow in Orkney


Yes, those punctuation marks are about the name on the NMRS ! I've debated long about adding these, but yesterday they stood out. They lie the other side of the stream from the often muddy footpath between Inganess Bay and the road to Deerness. Coming from the road I noticed a few stones near the bottom of the mound at that end. Passing by and looking back the appearance was of a low hill of three humps. It is probably on airport land but it is only just the other side of the beck. Originally it was seen as over half-a-dozen mounds, of which a couple were modern and some had been used by farmers for a sheep fold etc. Now the archaeologists seem to be concluding that it is one mound heavily dug into and they are no longer confident of any antiquity.
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Grimsquoy submitted by howar : landward side in snow from Inganess track (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Grimsquoy submitted by howar : seaward side in snow from Inganess track (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Grimsquoy submitted by howar : seen from track near airport (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Grimsquoy submitted by howar : view from Deerness Road (Vote or comment on this photo)

'Grimsquoy'
'Grimsquoy' submitted by howar : Inganess Bay barrows view Yes, those punctuation marks are about the name on the NMRS ! I've debated long about adding these, but yesterday they stood out. They lie the other side of the stream from the often muddy footpath between Inganess Bay and the road to Deerness. Coming from the road having watched a reed bunting I noticed a few stones near the bottom of the mound at that end. Passing by a... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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