Point Of Buckquoy
Building (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Midden (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Point Of Buckquoy
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Midden (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 1813
Site Number HY22NW 12.02
NGR HY 2429 2840
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1813
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Birsay And Harray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY22NW 12.02 2429 2840
Formerly HY22NW 24
HY 2428 2840. Large slabs and an associated midden lying on glacial scree to the W of the building recorded above.
HY 2429 2840. Two walls of a building, together with rubble collapse within are clearly visible and probably represent a building located by F T Wainwright.
C D Morris (VESARP) 1979
A small patch of midden overlying a horizontal grouping of flat stones sits on a grey clay soil which overlies the natural clay. The midden includes shell (mainly limpet), bone and small stone chips. The grey sandy deposit which seals the midden contains two slabs.
C D Morris 1989; C Morris and N Pearson 1980.
Field Visit (1979)
HY 2428 2840. Large slabs and an associated midden lying on glacial scree to the W of the building recorded above.
HY 2429 2840. Two walls of a building, together with rubble collapse within are clearly visible and probably represent a building located by F T Wainwright.
C D Morris (VESARP) 1979
