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Multi-periodSite Name: Una Alternative Name: Quholm (Burn of Una), Burn of UnaCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Stromness
Map Ref: HY24841254
Latitude: 58.993345N Longitude: 3.309714W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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RCAHMS record no. HY21SW 3 is not to be confused with 2 burnt mounds of the same name much further downstream (fortunately the latter do not appear on the O.S. They are metre-high mounds outside the bend in Works road). Reached by the Cauldhame road outside Stromness, being the other side from Una, located where the fence comes to the south side of the stream. In the two-and-a-half metre high grassy mound you can still make out the circular tumulus this had been seen as in 1880 and the later 1.3m deep cut excavated therein (nothing is known of the excavation or any finds - perhaps locals looking for treaure as in St.Andrew's ??). The burn runs around its N side but as seen from the road there are signs that it may have gone around the other too (unless what is curving around there is a platform) and it presents the appearance of an islet in the stream - perhaps someone adapted a natural feature as from every direction I looked it seems simply such earth as the banks are composed of and there is suspicious terracing on it as if carved by water. Shortage of time means I did not go into the field. And the peedie burnt stones are on the unseen eastern slope. Though this has led to its classification as a burnt mound this doesn't ring true - perhaps it has been adapted to become a water-wound cinerary mound like those of Langa Dae in this parish.
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