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ABCD: 1224

Brough of Birsay 74-82 Orkney (Mainland)


Site code:
1224


Site details:
Location: Brough of Birsay 74-82, Orkney (Mainland), 1986, Orkney, Scotland HY2390285
Period: early Christain-Norse
Category: settlement ?monastic
Notes: -
Topography: island coastal
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Donaldson A M. 1986. Carbonised seeds and grains. 216-9. In: Hunter J R. Rescue excavations on the Brough of Birsay 1974-82. Soc. Antiq. Scotland Monograph Series No. 4. Edinburgh. Scotland, Orkney

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AMD - Donaldson, A M: Durham Univ

Sample: 1224a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.SE.MS phase 1 features ? early Christian/Norse 650 850

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: ?
Environmental interpretion: ?
Archaeological interpretion: ?

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Atriplex hastata/patula pro c 2 1
Avena sp. pro c 9 1
Calluna vulgaris sht c + 1
cf. Cerastium arvense pro c 1 1
cf. Labiatae pro c 1 1
Chenopodium sp. pro c 1 1
Cyperaceae pro c 1 1
Empetrum nigrum pro c 4 1
Gramineae pro c 2 1
Polygonum aviculare agg. pro c 1 1
Potentilla erecta pro c 1 1
Ranunculus flammula pro c 1 1
Rumex sp. pro c 5 1
Stellaria media pro c 4 1
Urtica dioica pro c 1 1
Viola sp. pro c 1 1


Sample: 1224b
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.SE.MS phase 2.1 features ? norse 850 900

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: ?
Environmental interpretion: ?
Archaeological interpretion: ?

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Avena sp. pro c 10 2
Calluna vulgaris lvs c 1 1
Carex sp. pro c 1 1
Empetrum nigrum pro c 1 1
Gramineae pro c 3 1
Montia fontana ssp. fontana pro c 1 1
Potentilla erecta pro c 1 1


Sample: 1224c
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.SE.AS phase 2.2 features ? norse/early med 900 1200

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: ?
Environmental interpretion: ?
Archaeological interpretion: ?

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Spergula arvensis pro c 1 1
Stellaria media pro c 8 1
Atriplex hastata/patula pro c 1 1
Avena sp. pro c ! 148 4
Calluna vulgaris sht c + 1
Carex sp. pro c 1 1
Chenopodium sp. pro c 2 1
Empetrum nigrum pro c 2 1
Fucus sp. fgt c + 1
Hordeum cf. vulgare pro c 37 3
Hordeum cf. vulgare rai c 1 1
Montia fontana pro c 1 1
Montia fontana ssp. fontana pro c 15 2
Potentilla erecta pro c 2 1
Ranunculus acris pro c 1 1
Ranunculus cf. flammula pro c 1 1
Ranunculus flammula pro c 1 1
Raphanus raphanistrum pro c 1 1
Rumex sp. pro c 9 1
Sagina sp. pro c 1 1


Sample: 1224d
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.SE.AS phase 3 features ? medieval 1000 1100

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: coins
Dating validity: 3
Environmental interpretion: ?
Archaeological interpretion: ?

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Atriplex hastata/patula pro c 1 1
Avena sp. pro c 18 2
Carex sp. pro c 5 1
Cirsium palustre pro c 1 1
Empetrum nigrum pro c 2 1
Gramineae pro c 16 2
Hordeum cf. vulgare pro c 5 1
Ranunculus flammula pro c 3 1
Rumex sp. pro c 8 1
Stellaria media pro c 3 1


Sample: 1224e
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.MD:PM phase 4 features ? ?post-med ? ?

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: strat
Dating validity: 1
Environmental interpretion: ?
Archaeological interpretion: kelping industry

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Avena sp. pro c 1 1
Fucus sp. fgt c + 1
Fucus vesiculosus pro c + 1
Hordeum sp. pro c 2 1
Rumex sp. pro c 1 1
Stellaria media pro c 3 1


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