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Point Of Buckquoy
Structure (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Point Of Buckquoy
Classification Structure (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 73711
Site Number HY22NW 44
NGR HY 2426 2839
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Birsay And Harray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY22NW 44 2426 2839
See also HY22NW 25 HY 2426 2838 Building (Possible); Shell Midden
Above natural clay and a compact orange brown sand is a band of grey-brown sandy loam in which is a number of stones, many of them horizontally laid slabs. The band of stones is sealed by a grey sandy soil, and a layer of small stones and shells which directly underlay turf. (See also HY22NW 25.)
C D Morris 1979; 1989.
