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Hoy To Orkney Mainland Cable Shore Ends
Archaeological Landscape (Prehistoric) - (Second World War)
Site Name Hoy To Orkney Mainland Cable Shore Ends
Classification Archaeological Landscape (Prehistoric) - (Second World War)
Canmore ID 373860
Site Number HY20SE 27
NGR HY 25704 02556
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/373860
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Hoy And Graemsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Field Walking (14 May 2020 - 8 August 2020)
HY 30311 05008 and HY 25704 02556 A walkover survey was conducted in advance of the replacement of the subsea cable between Hoy and Orkney Mainland. The area of investigation comprised two sites: Petertown on Orkney Mainland and Quoyness, Hoy. The survey identified six archaeological sites within the site boundary at the Petertown site and a further 23 at Quoyness. Those at Petertown comprised four post-medieval sites clustered along a burn, together with three sites on the foreshore, two potentially dating to the Second World War with a further site of indeterminate date. Of those at Quoyness, 19 were post-medieval, one Second World War, one prehistoric, one possibly prehistoric and one probably modern. The majority of identified sites were clustered along the shore or within (or associated with) the settlement at Quoyness. The work took place from 14 May–21 July 2020.
Archive: NRHE (intended)
Funder: Environmental Resource Management (ERM)
Linda Somerville – ORCA Archaeology
(Source: DES Vol 22)
