ABCD: 1169

Warebeth Broch Stromness , Orkney (Mainland)

Site code:

1169

Site details:

Location: Warebeth Broch, Stromness , Orkney (Mainland), 1990, Orkney, Scotland HY2500095
Period: ?Iron Age
Category: broch
Notes: mineralised coprolites NB check details when published
Topography: lowland coastal island
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Dickson C. 1989. Human coprolites. 115-17. In: Bell B and Dickson C. 1991. Excavations at Warebeth (Stromness cemetery) broch, Orkney. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scotland. 119 (for 1989). 101-31 and fiche. Scotland, Orkney

Processed by

CAD - Dickson, Camilla: Glasgow Univ (nee Lambert)

Sample: 1169a

Period
PH.IA
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Calluna vulgaris pro m Q* c 3 Capsella bursa-pastoris pro m Q r 1 Cerealia pro m Q o 3 cf. Alnus/Betula sp. mwd m Q r 1 cf. Brassica rapa ssp. campestris pro m Q r 1 cf. Cerastium sp. pro m Q r 1 cf. Hordeum sp. pro m Q r 1 Chara sp. pro m Q r 1 Coniferae mwd m Q! r 1 Dicranum sp. lvs m Q + 1 Empetrum nigrum lvs m Q + 1 Empetrum nigrum pro m *Q + 1 Erica tetralix lvs m Q r 1 Eriophorum vaginatum spn m !Q o 3 Fissidens sp. lvs m Q r 1 Galeopsis sp. pro m Q r 1 Hordeum sp. pro m Q r 1 Hylocomium splendens lvs m Q o 3 Hypnum cupressiforme lvs m Q r 1 Juncus acutiflorus/articulatus pro m Q r 1 Juncus bufonius pro m Q r 1 Juncus sp. pro m Q! r 1 Linum cf. usitatissimum pro m Q r 1 Linum sp. pro m Q r 1 Mnium hornum lvs m Q r 1 Poa annua pro m Q r 1 Polygonum cf. aviculare pro m Q + 1 Potentilla cf. erecta pro m Q + 1 Pteridium aquilinum pin m Q! r 1 Racomitrium sp. lvs m Q r 1 Rhytidiadelphus cf. squarrosus lvs m Q r 1 Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus lvs m Q r 1 Rumex cf. crispus pro m Q + 1 Rumex sp. frt m *Q + 1 Selaginella selaginoides mgs m Q r 1 Sphagnum sp. lvs m Q c 3 Stellaria media pro m Q r 1 Viola sp. fgt m Q + 1

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