Archaeology Notes

Event ID 641307

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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HU30NE 5 3889 0879

HU 389 088. A fort comprising two ramparts separated by a broad scoop is situated on the E side of Scatness. The outer rampart is a dump, 4ft to 5ft high, running in a curve from edge to edge of the low cliff, so as to enclose a broad headland. This headland is cut off by the inner rampart which is straight, 4ft high and 15ft broad; it is revetted at the front with large blocks.

R G Lamb 1971

This site, consisting of a blockhouse enclosed by a bank and ditch, was substantially excavated in 1983. The structural evolution of the blockhouse was determined and a small assemblage of pottery and bone was recovered. Radiocarbon dates indicate late use of the site in the first millenium AD but original construction dates could not be determined.

S Carter, R McCullagh and A MacSween 1995.