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Multi-periodSite Name: South Knowe Alternative Name: Ness of BrodgarCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Stromnness Nearest Village: Stenness
Map Ref: HY29411328
Latitude: 59.000769N Longitude: 3.230443W
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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Artificial Mound in Orkney. NMRS record no. HY21SE 15 is an 18m D 1.8m high level topped mound of earth and stones with a "shallow" depression from which projects 0.5m x 0.5m of an irregular shaped stone. As the Ring of Brodgar site was levelled off in antiquity the stone was either brought in from elsewhere later or is an original feature later covered by the mound (it is very close to the circle's bank).
The mound itself is of an irregular shape and would appear to have been excavated more than once.
Surprised I have never published it before, though it is rather nondescript. Walk around the outside of the bank of the Ring of Brodgar and you can't miss it. The ?central stone is stuck fast, not just dropped there. The central excavation pit is a lot neater than the 'scrapings' around the sides.
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