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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 643962
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/643962
HY22NW 19 247 275
The vicinity of Beachview exhibits both structural and residual evidence of extensive occupation. Excavations at HY 2474 2757 and HY 2477 2759 have yielded evidence of major Viking/Late Norse settlement as have the upper levels of a mound site at HY 2470 2754. Its lower levels may date back to prehistory.
C D Morris 1983; C D Morris and N Emery 1979, 1980
Archive from the excavations at Beachview has been catalogued.
Historic Scotland Archive Project