Excavation
Date 1983
Event ID 576349
Category Recording
Type Excavation
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In 1983, a 7m long section, orientated NE-SW, parallel to and 2m from the cliff edge, was excavated by the Central Excavation Unit as part of an SDD-funded project examining five Iron Age sites in Shetland threatened by coastal erosion. Three phases were identified. Pottery sherds and bone were recovered. A single radiocarbon date from was obtained from Phase 2, demonstrating occupation in the seventh or eighth centuries AD. The excavation was supervised by John Barber.
S Carter, R McCullagh and A MacSween 1995.
