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Trial Trench
Date 2000
Event ID 919563
Category Recording
Type Trial Trench
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/919563
A team from the University of Glasgow, led by Kevin Brady, undertook a topographic survey who conducted a topographic survey of the Brei Holm and the neighbouring sea stack off the W of Shetland. Three of the features recorded in that survey were examined in trial trenches. The excavations revealed complex structural remains whilst the associated rich artefactual assemblage included over 220 ceramic sherds, worked stone, pumice and a possible small quantity of industrial waste. The limited nature of this exploratory season has raised as many questions about this enigmatic site as it sought to answer.
K Brady 2008
