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Excavation
Date 28 July 2019 - 23 August 2019
Event ID 1180784
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1180784
HY 71100 37500 Excavation of an early Neolithic Orkney-Cromarty rectangular stalled cairn and an overlying Bronze Age cairn threatened by coastal erosion in Tresness, Sanday Orkney.
The excavation revealed the well-preserved remains of an early Neolithic rectangular stalled cairn.
Following the infilling of the chamber at some point in the late Neolithic to early Bronze Age the rectangular Neolithic tomb was re-modelled as an early Bronze Age round cairn with internal
and external retaining walls.
In the western side of compartment one it was clear that a small exploratory trench had been opened at some point in the recent past.
Vicki Cummings and Hugo Anderson-Whymark - University of Central Lancashire and National Museums Scotland
(Source: OASIS ID: national12-372637)
