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Latitude: 59.101 / 59°6'3"N
Longitude: -3.2834 / 3°17'0"W
OS Eastings: 326579
OS Northings: 1024491
OS Grid: HY265244
Mapcode National: GBR L48P.0M6
Mapcode Global: WH698.JHPZ
Entry Name: Runa,mound,Twatt
Scheduled Date: 9 January 1940
Last Amended: 19 January 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1403
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary)
Location: Birsay and Harray
County: Orkney Islands
Electoral Ward: West Mainland
Traditional County: Orkney
The monument consists of a mound, probably the site of a Bronze Age burial. It is one of a former pair, the mound which stood to the E having been destroyed. The mound is about 1.5m high and 14m in diameter, and is situated on a slight rise in a field. There is an old report of a grave being found in it, but more evidence may survive. The area to scheduled is the same as originally scheduled, viz 20m in diameter centred on the mound. The destroyed mound was not covered by the map of the original scheduling, and is now excluded from the description. The area of the scheduling is marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as one of a group of Bronze Age burials in W. Mainland Orkney, which together have the potential to offer information which would increase our understanding of the range and variety of prehistoric burial practices.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as HY 22 SE 41.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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