Condition

2
Anthropogenic deposits
9528
Orkney

Description

Small quantities of shell and animal bone were noted eroding from the coastal section during a visit by the O.S. surveyors in 1973. Nothing comparable was found during this survey. ShoreUPDATE Feb 2014 Animal bone at south end of 4-m exposure. It appears that the site may represent a cut down through the boulder clay to the beach level, as at the north end of the site there are what appears to be structural stonework (see photo): four courses plus a larger capstone, with the lower course at the base of the boulder clay. The cut would then appear to have been infilled with a mix of stone and midden material. This mixed material (apart from bone) is evident for 15–20 meters to the east and 10 m to the west along the coastal section as a discrete layer between the turf and the boulder clay.

Location

345950.00
986780.00
27700
58.7652321
-2.9361417

Submitted photographs

Image Date Caption User
Bone eroding from section 14/02/2014 Bone eroding from section mgts24
Bone eroding from section
Structural stonework cut into boulder clay 14/02/2014 Structural stonework cut into boulder clay mgts24
Structural stonework cut into boulder clay
Shore at site 14/02/2014 Shore at site mgts24
Shore at site
Perpendicular to site 14/02/2014 Perpendicular to site mgts24
Perpendicular to site

Submitted updates

Update id Date User
1566 14/02/2014 mgts24
Tidal state Low
Site located? Yes
Proximity to coast edge Coast edge
Coastally eroding? active sea erosion; has eroded in the past
Threats vegetation growth; animal burrows
Visibility above ground Not visible
Visibility in section Clearly visible in section
Access easily accessible - no restrictions
Local knowledge don't know
Description Small quantities of shell and animal bone were noted eroding from the coastal section during a visit by the O.S. surveyors in 1973. Nothing comparable was found during this survey. Animal bone at south end of 4-m exposure. It appears that the site may represent a cut down through the boulder clay to the beach level, as at the north end of the site there are what appears to be structural stonework (see photo): four courses plus a larger capstone, with the lower course at the base of the boulder clay. The cut would then appear to have been infilled with a mix of stone and midden material. This mixed material (apart from bone) is evident for 15–20 meters to the east and 10 m to the west along the coastal section as a discrete layer between the turf and the boulder clay.
It would be interesting to assess how much of the site remains: e.g., strip back the turf, and also to see if there is any more of the apparently structural stonework.

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