Field Visit
Date 1997
Event ID 621230
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/621230
Anthropoenic deposits are exposed over 8m in the coastal section. At the base of the section, a quantity of slabs forming a flat surface, which is covered by an accumulation of soil containing frequent shell and bone fragments. The second and third levels of stone are separated by stoney brash which contains small fragments of burnt bone. This exposure is located to the immediate SW of the Hillock of Fea (OR 1783) and may be associated with it.
Similar deposits were noted by RCAHMS in 1929 and OS in 1973, although in both cases the deposits were described as part of the adjacent cairn, OR 1783. The 1929 record notes the presence of kitchen-midden in a location where human remains had been found previously. The 1973 record noted drystone walling, shell and bone deposits in the erosion face to the SW of the cairn. Since no direct relationship could be established between the eroding deposits and the cairn during this survey, they have been described separately.
Moore and Wilson, 1997
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey
