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Auskerry
Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Auskerry
Classification Settlement (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 3263
Site Number HY61NE 15
NGR HY 6710 1691
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3263
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Stronsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY61NE 15 6710 1690
The kelper's bothy, now occupied by Mr Brogan, stands slightly to the W side of the summit of a broad low mound. S of the bothy is the foundation of another rectangular building. When digging the foundations for the wind-generator pylon to the SE of his house, or the mound summit, Mr Brogan went through about three feet of midden material and stone structures. At the bottom of this deposit in the SW of the four holes he found several sherds of Pictish pottery, most of which belong to a large carinated bowl with everted rim.
RCAHMS 1984, visited August 1983.
