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Point Of Buckquoy

No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)

Site Name Point Of Buckquoy

Classification No Class (Event) (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 73724

Site Number HY22NW 53

NGR HY 2432 2828

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Birsay And Harray
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY22NW 53 2432 2828.

A column sample (BR II) was taken in 1979 for molluscan analysis from a location equidistant between sample LC 1 (HY22NW 55) and the settlement at Buckquoy (HY22NW 14), by P J Spencer and D J Rackham, who give detailed reports on this and other samples in the area in Microfiche pp. I D1-E9.

D J Rackham, P J Spencer and L M Cavanagh 1989.

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Molluscan Remains (1979)

A column sample (BR II) was taken in 1979 for molluscan analysis from a location equidistant between sample LC 1 (HY22NW 55) and the settlement at Buckquoy (HY22NW 14), by P J Spencer and D J Rackham, who give detailed reports on this and other samples in the area in Microfiche pp. I D1-E9

D J Rackham, P J Spencer and L M Cavanagh 1989.

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