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Bay of Skaill Geophysical Survey
Date 20 June 2009 - 29 June 2009
Event ID 1159106
Category Recording
Type Magnetometry
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1159106
HY 2365 1962, HY 2283 2399 and HY 2300 2410 This project focuses on building landscape context for erosive coastal areas with significant windblown sand. Work from 20–29 June 2009 focused on the mound complex on the N side of the Bay of Skaill. Gradiometry showed a dense concentration of magnetic anomalies which were subjected to selective excavation in 2004–8.
Funder: Historic Scotland, Orkney Islands Council and Oxford University
David Griffiths – Oxford University
