Via Mound

Nearest town:
Stromness (6km S)
OS reference:
HY260159
OS sheet:
6
Latitude:
59° 1' 26.24 N
Longitude:
3° 17' 20.75 W
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Images

Image of Via Mound (Round Barrow(s)) by wideford

mound site with part of Stones of Via ditch to left behind and ‘cultivation terrace’.

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wideford
wideford Aug 6, 2006
Image of Via Mound (Round Barrow(s)) by wideford

central area of mound remains showing pool of water

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wideford
wideford May 4, 2005
Image of Via Mound (Round Barrow(s)) by wideford

Well site and ?“parcel of large stones” from downhill

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wideford
wideford May 4, 2005

Articles

Via Mound

wideford
wideford May 3, 2005

In 2004 I found what appeared, on reviewing the photos later, to be a cist to the left of the Stones of Via and a little further uphill (as seen from the road), lying in boggy ground at the edge of a small and very shallow pool. From triangulation it has the same 8-figure NGR as the Via Mound. Indeed upon consideration of surrounding features it is evident that this occupies the upper right of that site’s scant remains. The only other structure in the field, a well at HY26051599 shown on the 1882 O.S. map, has been blocked up with stones that might have been from said “parcel of large stones”, and I surmise this could have then resulted in the issuing of water lower down the hill to form the pool.

Miscellaneous

Via Mound
Round Barrow(s)
wideford
wideford May 3, 2005

RCAHMS NMRS record no. HY21NE 4 at HY26011598 on excavation sometime before 1839~41 uncovered “nothing found in it but a parcel of large stones”. Though what appeared to be these remains was seen at the south edge of a pool of water in 1880 said mound was no longer present in 1928.

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