Quoykea Moss
Implement(S) (Bronze)
Site Name Quoykea Moss
Classification Implement(S) (Bronze)
Canmore ID 3058
Site Number HY50SW 3
NGR HY 50 04
NGR Description HY c. 50 04
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3058
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish St Andrews And Deerness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY50SW 3 c. 50 04
In the summer of 1921, two Late Bronze Age bronze implements, a socketed knife of comparatively rare type and a razor were found by a crofter while casting peats in Quoykea Moss. Both objects are well preserved and are in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS), (Accession nos. DQ 262 & 263 respectively).
Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1922 (donations); RCAHMS 1946; J M Coles 1962
No further information.
Visited by OS (RD) 23 August 1964
A bronze knife and razor (Royal Museum of Scotland [RMS]) were found deep in the peat of Quoykea Moss.
J G Callander 1922; RCAHMS 1946; RCAHMS 1987.
Orkney Smr Note
Socketed knife and razor found 3ft below surface and 4ft above the soil underlying the peat. Knife not a common type; 5 other examples quoted including OR 27. Tanged razor with bifid; 10 other Scottish examples. [R1]
No further information [R2]
No further information OS card.
Information from Orkney SMR
