Millfield

Also known as:
Greentoft
Nearest town:
Kirkwall (12km W)
OS reference:
HY56700682
OS sheet:
6
Latitude:
58° 56' 47.86 N
Longitude:
2° 45' 9.32 W
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Image of Millfield (Burnt Mound / Fulacht Fia) by wideford

Millfield mound with better indication of steep face

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wideford
wideford Jan 2, 2015
Image of Millfield (Burnt Mound / Fulacht Fia) by wideford

strange looking stone gatepillar at field entrance

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wideford
wideford Jan 2, 2015

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Millfield

wideford
wideford Jan 2, 2015

Coming along the Seatter road and turning for Noltland, opposite the junction with the road passing Greentoft, the long axis of a field mound runs parallel to the road you’re on. It is far larger than anything else this way, being over twice the size of all the other mounds, burnt or otherwise, in the area. The presently grass-covered slopes appear gentle to me. There is the faintest hint of a curve in the face towards the road, but rather than the vague crescent associated with burnt mounds the overall impression is that at some point it has had a huge chunk taken out. The rusty gate to the field stands between erect stones, the left one of which is atypical being so marvellously gnarled _ I have always found it strange that there are no standing stones recorded for Deerness, could this have been one ?

Miscellaneous

Millfield
Burnt Mound / Fulacht Fia
wideford
wideford Jan 2, 2015

NMRS record no. HY50NE 41 stands over a man’s height at a little over 2m high and is 50m long by 17m high. The records says that under the plough as well burnt material red stones come up too.

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