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Voy burnt mound is a Bronze Age cooking site situated in Orkney, Scotland. Burnt mounds of this period typically functioned as communal gathering places where water was heated using hot stones to cook meat and process hides and textiles. The monument sits on bedrock of Middle Old Red Sandstone, a conglomerate of sandstone, siltstone and mudstone laid down during the Middle Devonian period, underlying much of Orkney's agricultural landscape. The sandy and stony soils derived from this geology would have supported the pastoral economy that characterised Bronze Age settlement in the islands. Voy is protected as a scheduled monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1344, reflecting its archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric resource management and social organisation in northern Scotland.
Voy, burnt mound is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1344. View the official record →
Voy burnt mound is a Bronze Age cooking site situated in Orkney, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1344.
Voy, burnt mound is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM1344.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cummi Howe, broch (5.4 km), Brockan, burnt mound 300m S of (5.8 km), Little Barnhouse, mound, 160m NE of (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Voy, burnt mound's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Voy, burnt mound stands on Middle Old Red Sandstone (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.