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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

Samples:

Sample	Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
1107a	PH.NE	ML	ditch fill	peat	Neolithic	?	?

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