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Excavation
Date 1974
Event ID 553052
Category Recording
Type Excavation
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/553052
Beaquoy burnt mound was situated on a triangular piece of waste ground between a stream that had previously been dammed, a farm track and a ploughed field. The main part of the mound was levelled in the 19th century and two sheds put in its place (one still stands). The margins of the mound were affected therefore its size is uncertain.
On investigation it proved to be two mounds formed from two buildings which were probably occupied sequentially. One building rested on the old ground surface and was probably primary. Some of the refuse from this was thrown to the E where the second house was later built.
The mound sealed a natural stream bed in which were found the majority of flint artefacts and bones. The composition of the mound was identical to the mound at Liddle which was excavated at the same time.
J W Hedges (North of Scotland Archaelogical Society), Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 1974-5.
