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Torrieday
Cist (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Torrieday
Classification Cist (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Turrieday
Canmore ID 2083
Site Number HY31SE 31
NGR HY 353 127
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2083
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Firth
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY31SE 31 353 127
A cist was found in a field NW of Torrieday during ploughing. The owner Margaret Horrie informed Museum Officer Bryce Wilson who notified NOSAS. Excavation took place and the cist was examined.
Orientated NE-SW. Measuring internally, 1m long by 0.72m wide by 0.64m deep with sides and a bottom. Capstone shattered by plough, probably 1.15m by 1.3m. A stone had been placed under the W corner to raise it level at the top, the NW flag had a notch in it's N end filled in with two horizontal stones and the NE stone overlapped the SE at the top with a manufactured tongue. Box construction, no intrusion of earth and no bones found. A thin layer of dark brown humic sludge was concentrated in two patches towards the SW end.
J W Hedges (NOSAS), PSAS 110, 1978-80
