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Latitude: 58.9839 / 58°59'2"N
Longitude: -2.9748 / 2°58'29"W
OS Eastings: 344069
OS Northings: 1011164
OS Grid: HY440111
Mapcode National: GBR M40Z.PZ2
Mapcode Global: WH7C4.8GP5
Entry Name: Pickaquoy,burnt mound & settlement
Scheduled Date: 7 January 1985
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM4346
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound
Location: Kirkwall and St Ola
County: Orkney Islands
Electoral Ward: Kirkwall West and Orphir
Traditional County: Orkney
The monument consists of a burnt mound and associated traces of settlement. Excavation in 1853 proved the presence of at least two built chambers, the larger measuring 2.5m long and incorporating in its north wall a long slab set vertically and decorated with concentric rings centred on a cupmark.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of considerable interest as of pre-broch Iron Age or earlier date. while related to burnt mounds it contains structures considerably more substantial than those known elsewhere, and there are traces of settlement around the raised mound which forms the focus of the monument. It is thus a rare and important survival and it is of national importance to studies of Bronze Age settlement.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as HY41SW 13.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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