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Point Of Buckquoy
Building (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Shell Midden (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Point Of Buckquoy
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Shell Midden (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 1814
Site Number HY22NW 25
NGR HY 2426 2838
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1814
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Birsay And Harray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY22NW 25 2426 2838
See also HY22NW 44 HY 2426 2839 Structure
HY 2426 2838. Structural remains were unearthed to the side of the steps to the beach when the former DoE hut was dismantled.
C D Morris (VESARP) 1979
In the cliff-side, overlying natural clay is a brown clayey soil containings shells, predominantly limpets, which is sealed by probable building rubble associated with a mixed brown clay soil. The rubble is overlain by sand, and a band of midden containing burnt material, which is associated with stone slabs at the E. All is sealed by sandy brown loam and topsoil. This is adjacent to F T Wainwright's excavation of 1960 and renewed excavations in Area 6 in 1980 (see HY22NW 12.00).
C D Morris 1981a; 1989.
