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ABCD: 1107

Maes Howe 54-5 Mainland, Orkney


Site code:
1107


Site details:
Location: Maes Howe 54-5, Mainland, Orkney, 1956, Orkney, Scotland HY3250125
Period: Neolithic
Category: chambered tumuli/tomb
Notes: tumulus surrounded by a large ditch
Topography: lowland lochside
Condition: dry
Report type: individual identifications

Bibliography
Godwin H and Lambert C A. 1956. Report on the peat samples. 169-72. In: Childe V G. Maes Howe. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scotland. 88 (for 1954 to 1956). 155-72. Scotland, Orkney

Processed by
CAL - Lambert, C A: (see CAD) Botany School, Cambridge

HG - Godwin, Prof H: Botany School Cambridge

Sample: 1107a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.NE ML ditch fill peat Neolithic ? ?

Context integrity: 2
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: ?
Dating validity: ?
Environmental interpretion: -
Archaeological interpretion: wet ditch

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Carex sp. pro w QP r 1
Hippuris vulgaris pro w Q c 3
Hydrocotyle vulgaris pro w Q r 1
Juncus effusus pro w Q o 3
Menyanthes trifoliata pro w Q c 3
Potamogeton polygonifolius pro w Q c 3
Potentilla anserina pro w Q o 3
Potentilla palustris pro w Q c 3


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