Knowe of Gullow

Nearest town:
Stromness (9km SW)
OS reference:
HY30691629
OS sheet:
6
Latitude:
59° 1' 42.05 N
Longitude:
3° 12' 27.16 W
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Knowe of Gullow

wideford
wideford Mar 13, 2017

Up from the Harray Community Centre take the Netherbrough Road, go way down past Maesquoy and The Castle is on your right before the Ballarat House turn-off abutting the road. Because of the conflicting measurements I suspect some belong to the mound and others to the slight eminence it sits on. But most definitely well above head height from the road ! I didn’t have time to go on the mound, so I don’t know if the outcropping stones are still visible – perhaps they have been used for the modern cairn, thought to be broch material.
I went as far as the turn for Ballarat House, and in the field opposite Gullow is what looked like a banked feature which looks equally Iron Age but must be modern as it is not noted anywhere.

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Knowe of Gullow
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wideford
wideford Mar 13, 2017

NMRS record no, HY31NW 1. In 1946 the rectilinear mound is 40-45 yards square and 12 foot high but in 1960 it is described as ~45m N/W by 36m and 1.5m high which does not compute. I suspect some belong to the mound and others to the slight eminence it sits on. Most definitely well above head height from the road ! An irregular outcrop of stones from the turf is thought to hint at a substantial structure beneath.

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