Medieval burial mound; execution site.


The mound is about 14m in diameter and 2.1m high, but is somewhat irregular due to disturbance in the past. While the natural limestone bedrock is very close to the surface and outcrops in the vicinity, the mound itself appears to be of mixed stone and earthen construction.


The site has never been excavated, but is perfectly located to have served as a burial monument of the kind constructed by pagan Viking settlers on the Island in the late 9th or early 10th century.


Tradition states that the mound was used also as a place of execution.