The excavation of the Knowes of Quoyscottie, Orkney: a cemetery of the first millenium BC

Authors

  • Melia E Hedges
  • S Rees Contributor
  • A Young Contributor
  • D Lunt Contributor
  • D F Williams Contributor
  • R Jones Contributor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.108.130.155

Keywords:

Cemetery, Stone Kerb, Orcadian Barrow, Mound, Cremation, Burnt Stones, Cremation Burials, Burials, Cremation Cemetery

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

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Published

30-11-1979

Issue

Vol. 108 (1979)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

The excavation of the Knowes of Quoyscottie, Orkney: a cemetery of the first millenium BC. (1979). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 108, 130-155. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.108.130.155

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