OS1/23/17/73
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUMULI [Bay of Skaill] | Tumuli Tumuli Tumuli |
Revd [Reverend] Dr [Doctor] Clouston, Minister of Sandwick Mr. Irvine, Farmer, Linnahowe Old and New Stat. [Statistical] Acc. [Account] of Scotland, |
094 | Three ancient burial mounds - one large and two small - situated on the links at the Bay of Skaill, about 25 chains S. SE. of the site of the "Castle of Snusgar", on the property of Mrs Watt of Breckness. "In the former Statistical account it is mentioned +++++++ that several tumuli had been opened, one "(the largest of this group)" by Sir Joseph Banks, containing three stone Chests, each enclosing a human skeleton, in different positions, and bruised bones, teeth, hair, beads etc; and others containing smaller stone Chests, enclosing urns, in which were ashes with fragments of bone, or ashes and fragments of bone without urns," Extract from New Stat. [Statistical] Acc. [Account] of Scotland, The two smaller are not known to have been opened, |
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Parish of Sandwick OrkneySigned: A. McDonald Corpl [Corporal] R.E.
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