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Watching Brief
Date 29 May 2007
Event ID 558288
Category Recording
Type Watching Brief
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/558288
HY 2311 1872 On 29 May 2007 five small test pits were excavated around the glass roof covering House 7 at Skara Brae Neolithic Village. This was required to make sure that the removal of turf and topsoil during the removal of the glass roof from over House No 7 would not disturb any sensitive archaeological features. Only the concrete base of the glass roof and sand were revealed. There were no finds or features of archaeological significance revealed during this work.
Archive deposited with Orkney SMR. Archive to be deposited with RCAHMS.
Funder: Historic Scotland.
