Howe Hill

Also known as:
hillock of Howe
Nearest town:
Kirkwall (8km SW)
OS reference:
HY51171599
OS sheet:
6
Latitude:
59° 1' 42.55 N
Longitude:
2° 51' 2.6 W
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Image of Howe Hill (Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork) by wideford

derived from aerial photo, dig end at top left

Image credit: ARCHI UK
wideford
wideford Jan 11, 2024

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Howe Hill

wideford
wideford Jan 11, 2024

The Pict’s House/Fort” on Howe Hill, aka the ‘hillock Of Howe’ – RCAHMS record no. HY51NW 5 on Howe Farm – was an amorphous mound prior to first excavation sometime before 1880. What can be seen of the knoll is roughly 50 by 40 yards and reaches 11’ 6” at the higher end.
Excavation at the top revealed curving drystane walls, After excavation the structure was filled in, but there were still ruins visible in 1923. The Pict’s House structure is thought to be a broch, though a more recent opinion has it as more like an unenclosed settlement, A solstitial alignment to the Mor Stein to my mind indicates an earlier origin or purpose to the whole
I could get to within a field of it all around and only saw a grassy mound. Having a large circular walk to finish I left it in peace.

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