Castle Bloody
Encyclopedia
Castle Bloody is a prehistoric feature on the island
of Shapinsay
, Orkney, Scotland
. Hogan observes that while the feature is marked as a chambered mound on the UK Ordnance Survey
map, the structure is more properly and specifically classified as a souterrain
or earth house. Slightly to the north is located the ruined historic Linton Chapel
.
Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
of Shapinsay
Shapinsay
Shapinsay is one of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. There is one village on the island, Balfour, from which roll-on/roll-off car ferries sail to Kirkwall on the Orkney Mainland...
, Orkney, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Hogan observes that while the feature is marked as a chambered mound on the UK Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey , an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain , and one of the world's largest producers of maps.The name reflects its creation together with...
map, the structure is more properly and specifically classified as a souterrain
Souterrain
Souterrain is a name given by archaeologists to a type of underground structure associated mainly with the Atlantic Iron Age. These structures appear to have been brought northwards from Gaul during the late Iron Age. Regional names include earth houses, fogous and Pictish houses...
or earth house. Slightly to the north is located the ruined historic Linton Chapel
Linton Chapel
Linton Chapel is a ruined chapel on the east coast of Shapinsay, Orkney Islands . The chapel is thought to date as early as the 12th century AD. Slightly to the south is a megalithic monument, Castle Bloody, in the vicinity of which a rare cotton grass, Eriophorum vaginatum has been identified....
.