<< Our Photo Pages >> Crearhowe - Artificial Mound in Scotland in Orkney
Submitted by howar on Thursday, 02 November 2023 Page Views: 132
Multi-periodSite Name: CrearhoweCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Kirkwall Nearest Village: St Mary
Map Ref: HY49300235
Latitude: 58.905451N Longitude: 2.881781W
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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The grass-covered mound is 24m N/S by 18m E/W and stands to 1.1 m. In 1981 a sandstone lamp found there was shown and mention made of a leaf arrowhead found there another time. canmore.org.uk/site/2388/crearhowe
I have only been by the field, not in it. If you come up from Graemeshall at the junctiom with the East Holm road it is opposte you and slightly to the left
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