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Reference
Date 1850
Event ID 545501
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/545501
In the winter of 1850 an extremely severe storm stripped the grass from the high dune known as Skara Brae in the south corner of the Bay of Skail. The storm exposed an immense midden mound or refuse heap and the ruins of ancient dwellings.
D Clarke and P Maguire 1989