Orkney Smr Note
Date August 1982
Event ID 619368
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Orkney Smr Note
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According to a resident, when the hydro was
being brought across from Rousay in the early 1970s, the pit dug
for the first pole at the point where the cable comes ashore,
encountered substantial slab-structures which were interpreted as
graves. The pole was re-located a few yards away. According to
another resident, the hole dug for the pole went into a
rich black earth, alien to the locality and thought to be
artificial. This was very easy material to dig a neat hole in.
The hole for the bracing stay however encountered substantial
stone structures but as the pole was already up it was persevered
with, and the pole was not re-located. - This suggests a
settlement with associated midden. According to [the second informant], the
black earth contained some animal bones. The banks are grassed
and there is nothing to show at the site except a slight
unnatural-looking rise in the contour of the top of the banks.
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Aug 82.