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Submitted by howar on Sunday, 28 March 2004 Page Views: 5201

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:

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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

3 Access:

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.

3 Accuracy:

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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**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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