Archaeology Notes

Event ID 873902

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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HY45SE 14 4840 5062

See also HY45SE 37.

(Area: HY 484 506) Slight traces of a drystone structure, the greater part of which was washed away about the beginning of the century, are visible on King's Craig, a high rocky bank overhanging the shore near the farm-buildings at Whitehowe.

A kitchen-midden deposit, similar to that at Munkerhoose (HY43SE 26) and containing potsherds, lies along the bank facing the beach.

RCAHMS 1946, visited 1928.

The amorphous remains of dry-stone structures and associated midden material as described by the RCAHMS are visible for a length of 26.0m in the cliff face at HY 4840 5062. Potsherds found in the midden are typical of those found in brochs. The name 'Kings Craig' is still known locally.

Visited by OS (NKB) 2 July 1970.