Hedges, M. E. (1976). The excavation of the Knowes of Quoyscottie, Orkney: a cemetery of the first millenium BC. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 108. Vol 108, pp. 130-155.
| Title: | The excavation of the Knowes of Quoyscottie, Orkney: a cemetery of the first millenium BC | ||||||||||||||
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| Issue: | Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 108 | ||||||||||||||
| Series: | Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Volume: | 108 | ||||||||||||||
| Page Start/End: | 130 - 155 | ||||||||||||||
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| Abstract: | HY 302228. A typical Orcadian barrow cemetery consisting of at least ten small mounds, of which four were excavated. They measured 5m-8.5m in diameter, each with a rough stone kerb, and three had cremation burials in central stone cists. Three stone ard-shares were found on the kerb stones. A flat cremation cemetery of thirty-three burials in small pits clustered on the NE perimeter of Knowe 1; some had been deposited before and during the construction of the mound. A thermoluminescence date from burnt stones within Knowe 1 and four 14C determinations from cremation samples gave results in early 1st millennium BC. AR | ||||||||||||||
| Year of Publication: | 1976 | ||||||||||||||
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| Created Date: | 05 Dec 2008 |
