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ABCD: 1152

Brough of Birsay 73-4 Orkney (Mainland)


Site code:
1152


Site details:
Location: Brough of Birsay 73-4, Orkney (Mainland), 1982, Orkney, Scotland HY2390285
Period: early Christian/Norse/late 8th-medieval
Category: monastic settlement
Notes: Pictish Bronze casting period of late 8th c - Norse
Topography: lowland island
Condition: dry
Report type: charcoal/wood

Bibliography
Donaldson A M. 1982. Charcoal. 138. In: Curle C L. Pictish and Norse finds from the Brough of Birsay 1934-74. Soc. Antiq. Scotland Monograph Series No. 1. Edinburgh. Scotland, Orkney

Processed by
AMD - Donaldson, A M: Durham Univ

Sample: 1152a
Period
PC:PR.SE.AS


Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Betula sp. cwd c Q + 1
Corylus avellana cwd c Q + 1
Pinus sylvestris cwd c Q + 1
Populus/Salix sp. cwd c Q + 1
Quercus sp. cwd c Q + 1


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