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Multi-periodSite Name: Unyatuak Alternative Name: UnyatankCountry: Scotland County: Orkney Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: Kirkwall Nearest Village: Balfour Village
Map Ref: HY52451983
Latitude: 59.062773N Longitude: 2.830882W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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From Balfour village head out onto the Ness Road, B9058, and the site is on the map near Bonnyhill. NMRS record no. HY51NW 7, traditionally the site of a 'Pictish fort', is now thought to be a burial mound but is largely earthen and the stone arrangement on top could be a marker cairn or modern beacon they say. However what with a gravel pit on the other side of the road other material could well have been re-purposed. The mound is still 29' across, but from the originally recorded height of just over a metre it is now only about 0.7m high. The central stones cover an area roughly 3m in diameter - haven't been to the mound yet so see TMA for a photo. From the road there appear to be two similar rises behind this mound.
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