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<< Our Photo Pages >> Knowe of Midgarth - Ancient Village or Settlement in Scotland in Orkney

Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, 19 December 2007  Page Views: 4601

Multi-periodSite Name: Knowe of Midgarth
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Finstown  Nearest Village: Norseman
Map Ref: HY39812361
Latitude: 59.095113N  Longitude: 3.052289W
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.
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no data Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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no data 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
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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Knowe of Midgarth
Knowe of Midgarth submitted by howar : seen from main road (Vote or comment on this photo)
Ancient Village or Settlement in Orkney.
There are two sites at the Knowe of Midgarth, a long hillock adjacent to a circular mound [vaguely reminiscent of the 'Viking' mound and broch at the Howe of Hoxa]. Raymond Lamb says these two comprise a single settlement.

Davidson and Henshall believe the former to be a "variant souterrain" like Castle Bloody (presumably the 'gallery grave' that used to be in Stromness parish, this term once e.g. used to describe Rennibister and Grain earthhouses) whilst P.O.A.S. VI in speaking of a grassy mound containing "sailor's graves" is surely referring to the latter [ so ? like the "West Broch of Burgar"]. But all we know about the cairn (NMRS record no. HY32SE 1 at HY39872360) is that it is 100 yards SE of the hillock and has suffered a lot of plough damage but survives roughly four feet high and fifty across. We are better served by the records for the probable [multi-period?] settlement, HY32SE 6 at HY39812361. A five metre long passageway at the west end leads to two sub-rectangular corbelled cells, the size only given as small. The first is two steps down from the passage, and though probably entry had been gained by antiquarians through its roof this had been repaired. Slightly beyond the chamber a short south-east passage leads to a larger cell through a narrow access, now blocked. Since before 1967 entry from the SE has blocked up and the two cells are filling up with debris.
On the north side is the entry point for another passage that curves for at least ten metres before it is blocked. The shore nearby has a likely hearth consisting of four edge-set slabs that has produced charcoal. A trial excavation near the eastern top of the hillock has revealed yet another possible passage with maybe more cells, though this walling (way above the level of the north passage) consists of very overgrown stonework jumbled about. On this side of the mound facing the beach fragmentary masonry could represent a related dry-stone wall and there is kitchen midden along the eastern shoreline.
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Knowe of Midgarth submitted by howar : Knowe of Midgarth seen from Woodwick (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Knowe of Midgarth submitted by howar : Mound/s seen from Rousay ferry (Vote or comment on this photo)

Knowe of Midgarth
Knowe of Midgarth submitted by howar : Knowe of Midgarth & mound seen from near Midland (Vote or comment on this photo)

Knowe of Midgarth
Knowe of Midgarth submitted by howar : Knowe of Midgarth from A966 above with mound behind RH side (Vote or comment on this photo)

Knowe of Midgarth
Knowe of Midgarth submitted by howar : cairn looking north-east (Vote or comment on this photo)

Knowe of Midgarth
Knowe of Midgarth submitted by howar : N end walling of knowe

Knowe of Midgarth
Knowe of Midgarth submitted by howar : N end walling with entrance into knowe visible

Knowe of Midgarth
Knowe of Midgarth submitted by howar : Midland tumulus looking north-east

Knowe of Midgarth
Knowe of Midgarth submitted by howar : Midland tumulus from shore to the west

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Re: Knowe of Midgarth by howar on Friday, 19 November 2010
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Raymond Lamb concludes it is part of a settlement but with this he includes a cairn close by that in many views merges with it- HY32SE 1 at HY39872360 is described as some 100m to the SE but is only just along the shoreline as the knowe takes up much of that. This rather mutilated urf-covered cairn is about fencepost high and was probably fifty feet across. To the north of the knowe the irregular Midland earth tumulus with small stones is thought to cover a prehistoric structure, though only one large-ish stone protrudes. HY32SE 7 at HY39732368 was slighly over half the size of the Midgarth tumulus but farming has removed a good deal
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