Coastal Assessment Survey of Orkney | Canmore

Date 1998

Event ID 568049

Category Project

Type Project

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Coastal Zone Assessment Surveys

Westray, Papa Westray, Holm of Papa Westray & West Mainland.

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Event	Type	Subtype	Notes	Date
588049	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	A chapel is said to have stood close to the farmhouse at Noup. The site could not be found. [...]	1998
639007	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	There are frequent kelp-burning pits and processing 'floors' in this area. The majority of the pits are at least partially filled up and most are grass covered. They are now visible as slight circular depressions and are usually less than 1m in diameter and 0.5m deep. Some have a stone lining. Several pits are also exposed in the eroding coastal section. Their ashy fills make them readily visible, as does the reddened, heat-affected nature of the till into which they have been cut. [...]	1998
639011	RECORDING	FIELD VISIT	A section of ruinous drystone wall is situated on the cliff edge, over bedrock. It stans up to 0.4m or 6 courses high, is [...]	1998

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