Alternative Names Pierowall Gospel Hall
Site type FINDSPOT, HAMMERSTONE(S), TROUGH, WORKED OBJECT (BONE)
Canmore ID 2788
Site Number HY44NW 31
NGR HY 437 486
Council ORKNEY ISLANDS
Parish WESTRAY
Former Region ORKNEY ISLANDS AREA
Former District ORKNEY
Former County ORKNEY

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Archaeological Notes

HY44NW 31 437 486.

In 1970 Mr A C Hunter brought to the Royal Museum of Scotland (RMS) pieces of worked bone, hammerstones and a stone trough, which had been found at the corner of the track that turns sharply N from the village street at the Gospel Hall.
D V Clarke 1970; RCAMS 1983.

Notes and Activities

1998	FIELD VISIT

Project Coastal Assessment Survey of Orkney

Notes A number of artefacts were accidentally uncovered beside a track which runs beside the Gospel Hall in 1970. The finds include worked bone, hammerstones and a stone trough (Clark, 1970). The site is not now visible.
Moore and Wilson, 1998
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey


Further details

Books and References

Clarke, D V (1970b) 'Orkney, Pierowall', Discovery Excav Scot
Page(s): 33

Moore and Wilson, H and G (1998a) 'Orkney Coastal Survey 1998, Westray, Papa Westray, Mainland', Discovery Excav Scot
Page(s): 69

RCAHMS (1983c) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Papa Westray and Westray, Orkney Islands Area, The archaeological sites and monuments of Scotland series no 19 Edinburgh
Page(s): 41, No.176 Held at RCAHMS A.1.2.ARC/19

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