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Excavations of Three Neolithic Chambered Cairns-One with an Upper and a Lower Chamber-in the Islands of Eday and the Calf of Eday in Orkney. (including Report on the Pottery by Edwards, A J H)
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| Issue: |
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 72 |
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Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
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72
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| Number of Pages: |
409 |
| Page Start/End: |
193 - 213 |
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| Publication Type: |
Journal
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| Abstract: |
A Neolithic burial cairn contained two separate but contemporary chambers, one above the other. Each chamber had a separate entrance-passage at its floor-level, the openings to them being placed diametrically opposite one another on the circumference of the cairn in a line running east and west. The lower chamber is entirely subterranean, and the upper has been constructed in the mass of the superstructure above the natural level of the ground. Pottery sherds, flints and a broken axe were recovered. A second circular cairn covered a central chamber and passageway. Pottery and stone tools were recovered along with evidence of later Iron Age activity. A third cairn was poorly preserved and had been investigated in the 19th century. |
| Year of Publication: |
1937
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| Chambers (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Stone Tools (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Burial Cairn (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Cairn (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Pottery Sherds Flints (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Axe (Auto Detected Subject) |
| Passageway Pottery (Auto Detected Subject) |
| 19th Century (Auto Detected Temporal) |
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| Note: |
Form of Journal Title given in original reference: Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot.
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ADS Archive
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| Created Date: |
08 Dec 2008 |
