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Orkney Smr Note
Event ID 619291
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Orkney Smr Note
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/619291
Corrie Notebook was source for RCAMS typescript, the informant being then tenant of Skaill. In the steading immediately behind the farmhouse ... are distinct traces
of an old building the character of which it is now impossible to determine. Only a very small fragment of the foundations of the wall are visible. The site on which the building stands is a
much spread mound showing abundant traces of burnt stones but whether this indicates a prehistoric site or that the building had been burned down it is extremely difficult to determine.
Many skeletons however have been found on the site and the local farmer is of opinion that the farmhouse must stand on the site of an early burial ground. [R1],
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
