ABCD: 1185

Brough Road 76-82 Birsay, Orkney

Site code:

1185

Site details:

Location: Brough Road 76-82, Birsay, Orkney, 1989, Orkney, Scotland HY2450275
Period: ?
Category: ?
Notes: ?
Topography: coastal lowand island
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Donaldson A M and Nye S. 1989. The botanical remains. 262-66 and fiche. In: Morris C D. 1989. The Birsay Project. Vol. 1. Coastal sites beside the Brough Road, Birsay, Orkney excavations 1976-82. University of Durham. Monograph Series No. 1. Scotland, Orkney

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AMD - Donaldson, A M: Durham Univ

SN - Nye, Sandra: freelance contract worker

Sample: 1185a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.ES:MS	com	?	nr	later Pictish early Viking	?	?
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: bu Dating method: ? Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: charcoal etc from excavated material Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Alnus glutinosa cwd c p 1 Avena sp. pro c P p 1 Betula sp. cwd c p 1 Calluna vulgaris cwd c p 1 Carex sp. pro c p 1 Empetrum nigrum cwd c p 1 Fucus vesiculosus cwd c !1 p 1 Hordeum vulgare pro c p 1 indet. ??? c !2 p 1 Luzula sp. pro c p 1 Picea abies cwd c p 1 Picea/Pinus sp. cwd c p 1 Quercus sp. cwd c p 1 Raphanus raphanistrum pro c p 1 Rumex sp. pro c p 1 Salix sp. cwd c p 1

Sample: 1185b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.ES:MS	Area 2 all	middens	nr	later Pictish early Viking	?	?
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: bu Dating method: ? Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: _ Archaeological interpretion: _
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Avena sp. pro c P 138 4 Carex sp. pro c 2 1 Cruciferae pro c 1 1 Hordeum cf. vulgare pro c 910 5 Linum usitatissimum pro c 1 1 Raphanus raphanistrum pro c 2 1 Rumex cf. crispus pro c 1 1 Salix sp. cwd c 1 1 Spergula arvensis pro c 2 1 Stellaria media pro c 3 1

Sample: 1185c

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.ES:MS	Area 3	?	nr	later Pictish early Viking	?	?
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: bu Dating method: ? Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Atriplex sp. pro c 1 1 Avena sp. pro c Q2 733 5 Brassica/Sinapis sp. pro c 7 2 Calluna vulgaris cwd c Q p 1 Calluna vulgaris fls c Q p 1 Calluna vulgaris pro c 11 3 Calluna vulgaris sht c Q p 1 Carex sp. pro c Q 148 4 Carex/Rumex sp. pro c 4 1 Caryophyllaceae pro c 2 1 Cerealia lmb c 60 4 Cerealia rch c 14 3 cf. Luzula sp. pro c 2 1 cf. Stellaria media pro c 1 1 Chenopodiaceae pro c 1 1 Cruciferae pro c 1 1 Cyperaceae pro c 41 3 Empetrum nigrum pro c 35 3 Gramineae pro c 39 3 Hordeum cf. vulgare pro c 5983 5 Hyoscyamus niger pro c 2 1 Linum usitatissimum pro c 3 1 Matricaria maritima pro c 1 1 Montia fontana ssp. chondrosperma pro c 1 1 Plantago lanceolata pro c 2 1 Polygonum cf. aviculare pro c 2 1 Potentilla sp. pro c 21 3 Raphanus raphanistrum pro c 4 1 Rumex acetosella pro c 1 1 Rumex cf. crispus pro c 21 3 Salix sp. cwd c Q p 1 Spergula arvensis pro c 10 3 Stellaria media pro c 1 1 Veronica cf. arvensis pro c 1 1

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