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<< Our Photo Pages >> Salt Knowe - Round Barrow(s) in Scotland in Orkney

Submitted by howar on Thursday, 03 June 2004  Page Views: 7979

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Salt Knowe
Country: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Round Barrow(s)
Nearest Town: Finstown  Nearest Village: Stenness
Map Ref: HY293133  Landranger Map Number: 6
Latitude: 59.000931N  Longitude: 3.232364W
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
 4 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.
 5 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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Salt Knowe
Salt Knowe submitted by SandyG : View from north east. (9th June 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)
Round Barrow in Orkney


Behind the Ring of Brodgar in the RH corner of the field there is a cist-like structure at the top of this mound, though all I could locate on my visit was the turf-covered edge of a long horizontal slab at the side facing the loch. During an excavation nine pieces of silver 'ring-money' were found.
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Salt Knowe submitted by SandyG : View from south east. (9th June 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Salt Knowe submitted by SandyG : View from the east. (7th June 2015). (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Salt Knowe submitted by Orcinus : Salt Knowe, May 2018 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Salt Knowe submitted by Orcinus (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Salt Knowe submitted by ShamrockStone : Salt Knowe

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Salt Knowe submitted by Parns : The Knowe from the Ring of Brodgar.

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Salt Knowe submitted by howar : Salt Knowe has an amazingly flat top as if something has been carved off the top, deffo not natural

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Salt Knowe submitted by DrewParsons : Salt Knowe seen from the Ring of Brodgar. September 2010.

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Salt Knowe submitted by howar : from coastal track with northern edge of ring at far right, two folk having a picnic on top it seems

Salt Knowe
Salt Knowe submitted by howar : View along the outer edge of the cist. Behind the Ring of Brodgar in the RH corner of the field there is a cist-like structure at the top of this mound, though all I could locate on my visit was the turf-covered edge of a long horizontal slab at the side facing the loch. During an excavation nine pieces of silver 'ring-money' were found. Orkney HY293133

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Salt Knowe submitted by howar : cist slab cover straight on see text Orkney HY293133

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 111m E 99° South Knowe* Artificial Mound (HY29411328)
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 564m NW 314° Wasbister Disc Barrow* Round Barrow(s) (HY289137)
 564m NW 314° Dyke o'Sean* Ancient Village or Settlement (HY289137)
 587m NW 324° Wasbister Burnt Mound* Artificial Mound (HY28961378)
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 1.1km NW 318° Bookan* Chambered Tomb (HY286141)
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 1.2km ESE 113° Lochview Mound* Cairn (HY304128)
 1.2km NW 324° The Brecks* Cairn (HY286143)
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 1.6km NW 319° Ring of Bookan* Henge (HY283145)
 1.6km ESE 119° Stenness* Stone Circle (HY30671252)
 1.6km ESE 111° Barnhouse Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (HY30761270)
 1.9km SSW 211° Unstan* Chambered Cairn (HY28291172)
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Re: Salt Knowe by howar on Thursday, 10 April 2014
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It has been fenced off. April 10th Radio Orkney had an item about the protection (they have now covered it with matting owing to rabbit damage) but don't say whether still accessible to the public. Can see the fencing on Ring of Brodgar pic - http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showpic&pid=118197
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Re: Salt Knowe by coldrum on Sunday, 04 April 2010
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Re: Salt Knowe by howar on Friday, 14 August 2009
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It's in a terrible state, what were rabbit scrapes is now an extensive burrow system - it would be better excavated before it becomes a complete unstratifiable mess, geofizz can miss stuff you know
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Re: Salt Knowe by howar on Thursday, 17 April 2008
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Geophysics just undertaken has revealed that apart from the animal bones and BA cist at the top the mound is all earth. Nick Card deduces, therefore, that the site is similar to Silbury Hill - he also refers to another such site at Dunragit in Dumfries and Galloway
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