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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
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