Excavation
Date 1982
Event ID 605977
Category Recording
Type Excavation
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A souterrain with a corbelled roof, partially intact, was found filled with peat-ash during car park and road construction. It may have had a side cell to the north. The souterrain was later blocked off and a new cell built to the north-east. A large structure was built on top, containing earth and paved floors and a hearth. Beyond the structure to the south was a stone setting and an extensive earth floor. It is not known how these preserved structures, of Iron Age date, relate to the adjacent Guardanship site of the Grainbank souterrain. Finds are deposited in Tankerness House Museum, Kirkwall.
D Haigh and B Smith 1982.