Mound 480m NNW of Quoyer Stenness, Scotland
Scheduled Monument Data
Mound 480m NNW of Quoyer has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since scheduling.
- Historic Scotland ID
- SM0
- Name
- Quoyer,mound 480m NNW of
- Parish
- Stenness
- County
- Orkney Islands
- Easting
- 331478
- Northing
- 1013950
- Categories
- Prehistoric ritual and funerary: mound (ritual or funerary)
- Date Listed
- 25 March 1940
- Date Amended
- 25 May 1993
Scheduled Monument Description
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
The monument lies among glacial hummocks, but is distinctly different in size and shape. A mound measuring 17.5m in diameter sits on a platform about 30m N/S by 26m E/W on the outer edge of which is a bank which survives as a rickle of small stones or as a slight hump; the platform stands about 1m above the surrounding ground.
The monument is probably an early Bronze Age burial mound, although its features suggest it is of more than one period; its platform and bank are unusual. It is set on calcareous ground and bones can be expected to survive well.
Scheduled Monument Statement of Significance
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
The monument is of national importance as a well preserved burial mound with rare and distinctive field characteristics. Its archaeological potential is high and it is of importance to the themes of relationships between Bronze Age burials and Late Neolithic ritual, and to that of burial practices throughout the Bronze Age.
Scheduled Monument References
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
The monument is recorded in the RCAHMS as HY 31 SW 7.
