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Skaill
Midden (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Skaill
Classification Midden (Period Unassigned), Settlement (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Bay Of Skaill
Canmore ID 1684
Site Number HY21NW 30
NGR HY 2294 1874
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861497
Location map of site in Orkney. Draft of publication drawing.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861502
Resistivity survey. Draft of publication drawing.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 2612859
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 2633705
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861359
Aerial photograph of site. Plate ii, p84 GAJ 1985 vol.2 Mound site at Skaill.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 2633707
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861362
Photograph showing erosion of structural features in cliff.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1977
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861405
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1977
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861441
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861443
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861489
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861496
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features. Plate iii, p90 GAJ 1985 vol.2 Overall view of erosion of mound site looking S.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861470
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861499
Contour survey. Draft of publication drawing. GAJ 1985 Fig.2 p86
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 2339647
Skaill, HY21NW 30, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Collection)
SC 2633708
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861360
Photograph showing erosion of structural features in cliff.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1977
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861361
Photograph showing erosion of structural features in cliff.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1977
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861403
Photograph showing erosion of structural features in cliff.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1977
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861493
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features. Plate iv, p90 GAJ 1985 vol.2 Detail of erosion, showing flagging and walls.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861494
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861498
Location map of sites around the Bay of Skaill. Draft of publication drawing. GAJ 1985 Fig.1 p83
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861501
Resistivity survey grid. Draft of publication drawing.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861541
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 2339648
Skaill, HY21NW 30, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Collection)
SC 2339649
Skaill, HY21NW 30, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto
Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England
c. 1958
© Crown Copyright: HES (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Collection)
SC 2612861
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 2612862
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features. Plate vi, p91 GAJ 1985 vol.2 Detail of erosion, showing lower level of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 2633710
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 1861490
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features. Plate vi, p91 GAJ 1985 vol.2 Detail of erosion, showing lower level of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
SC 2612864
Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1982
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
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Photograph showing coastal erosion of structural features.
Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project
1978
© Courtesy of HES (Viking and Early Settlement Archaeology Research Project)
First 100 images shown. See the Collections panel (below) for a link to all digital images.
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Sandwick
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY21NW 30.00 2294 1874
HY21NW 30.01 HY 2292 1877 Wall; Midden
HY21NW 30.02 HY 2294 1876 Cist; Burial
Resistivity (1979)
A resistivity survey over some 850 sqm suggests these extend back from the crest of the mound. There appear to be earlier deposits below.
C Morris 1979
Contour Survey (1982)
Small scale survey took place to complete basic recording of this severely eroding site. A contour survey over the area of the mound, back from the edge, was undertaken, together with re-photography. In places the site has changed beyond recognition since 1978.
Sponsor:Durham University Excavation Committee.
C Morris 1982
Note (4 August 1997)
Negatives for prints C50331-86 are currently missing.
Information from RCAHMS (FO) 4 August 1997
