Excavation of Pictish and Viking-age farmsteads at Buckquoy, Orkney

Authors

  • Anna Ritchie
  • Barbara Noddle Contributor
  • D Bramwell Contributor
  • Alwyne Wheeler Contributor
  • J G Evans Contributor
  • Penny Spencer Contributor
  • J Hillsdon Smith Contributor
  • K H Jackson Contributor
  • G H Collins Contributor
  • Thomas Fanning Contributor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.108.174.227

Keywords:

Farmsteads, Ringheaded Pin Gaming, Bone, Burial, Pins

Abstract

HY 243282. Excavation revealed five superimposed farmsteads and quantities of finds. Phases I-II were Pictish, 7th to early 8th centuries, with a distinctive 'figure-of-eight' shaped house plan in II. Phases III-V had typically Norse house plans, and a final date for occupation is provided by a furnished burial made in the ruins of the Phase V house and dated to third quarter of 10th century. A degree of social integration between Pict and Norseman seems evident. Substantial quantities of data on environment and economy are the subject of specialist reports, and among the small finds are a ring-headed pin, gaming boards, and bone combs and animal-headed pins.

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Published

30-11-1979

Issue

Vol. 108 (1979)

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Excavation of Pictish and Viking-age farmsteads at Buckquoy, Orkney. (1979). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 108, 174-227. https://doi.org/10.9750/PSAS.108.174.227

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