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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hawell Burnt Mound - Round Barrow(s) in Scotland in Orkney

Submitted by howar on Sunday, 28 March 2004  Page Views: 5064

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hawell Burnt Mound
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Kirkwall  Nearest Village: Toab
Map Ref: HY512065  Landranger Map Number: 6
Latitude: 58.942936N  Longitude: 2.84972W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
3 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
3

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Hawell Burnt Mound
Hawell Burnt Mound submitted by howar : Orkney HY512065 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Burnt Mound in Orkney

This site lies close to an exceptionally zigzaggy burn (another mound of similar nature now gone). Down the road fom Mine Howe looking to the right I could see a long green mound and at one end a standing stone. Coming round the junction nearer to Hawell I now saw another stone at right-angles to the first and apparently abutting i . On the other side of the road by the corner of Hawell at the roadside were two stones echoing the sight, the one parallel to the road having piercings top and bottom on one side. RCAHMS NMRS record HY50NW 10 describes this as several stone compatments with a slab-formed rectangular tank just off.

Well worth a visit if you are into decayed structures , 6 out of 10 . Entered the field by climbing over a wooden gate that is difficult owing to the close construction. First sight is a long mound with a standing stone on the left and a circular depression in the centre. Closer to the standing stone is the end of a close packed straight wall that still is exposed for several yards. From afar you can make out a few small stones about the depression, so it comes as a pleasant surprise as one climbs ever so slightly to look down and see this is filled by large slabs even if no clearly discernable structure . The back of the mound survives a bit higher, so it is a disappointment when one goes behind that this appears so nondescript. Here are the two modern structures that are presumably where the second mound used to be.
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Hawell Burnt Mound
Hawell Burnt Mound submitted by howar : Possibly the wall of the structure. See main site text for details. Orkney HY512065 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hawell Burnt Mound
Hawell Burnt Mound submitted by howar : View looking onto the interior. See main site text for details. Orkney HY512065 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hawell Burnt Mound
Hawell Burnt Mound submitted by howar : View from the 'wall' side See main site text for details. Orkney HY512065 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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HY5106 : Smart property, Tankerness by Gordon Hatton
by Gordon Hatton
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HY5106 : Flooded field, Hawell by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
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HY5106 : Lane junction, Toab by Ian Balcombe
by Ian Balcombe
©2008(licence)
HY5106 : Mine Howe by David Wyatt
by David Wyatt
©2005(licence)
HY5106 : Inside the lowest chamber, Mine Howe by Mark Crook
by Mark Crook
©2006(licence)

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Re: Hawell Burnt Mound by howar on Sunday, 28 March 2004
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Entered the field by climbing over a wooden gate that is difficult owing to the close construction. First sight is a long mound with a standing stone on the left and a circular depression in the centre. Closer to the standing stone is the end of a close packed straight wall that still is exposed for several yards. From afar you can make out a few small stones about the depression, so it comes as a pleasant surprise as one climbs ever so slightly to look down and see this is filled by large slabs even if no clearly discernable structure. The back of the mound survives a bit higher , so it is a disappointment when one goes behind that this appears so nondescript. Here are the two modern structures that are presumably where the second mound used to be .
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