Condition

2
Structure, midden
Prehistoric
Shetland

Description

Stonework / walling in the grass slope which forms the coast edge at the west end of Levenwick Bay. Two courses of stone are visible beneath the vegetation at top of face and slumped stone is exposed in an eroding area of sandy slope below associated with anthropogenic soils and midden material containing ash, shell and charcoal. A similar anthropogenic deposit is also exposed in a small unvegetated stretch of the coastal section at beach level where the visible depth is c.0.5m. Two sherds of pottery recovered, possibly prehistoric / Iron Age in date. An amorphous linear mound / bank runs on top of the coastal slope immediately above and behind the exposure.

Location

441444.00
1121377.00
27700
59.9752159
-1.2593402

Submitted photographs

Image Date Caption User
Site location where bedrock dips below beach level - intersection of bay/headland 28/03/2021 Site location where bedrock dips below beach level - intersection of bay/headland mgts24
Site location where bedrock dips below beach level - intersection of bay/headland
Stonework in slope above midden 28/03/2021 Stonework in slope above midden mgts24
Stonework in slope above midden
Nice laminations of ash, charcoal, and shell in shore section 28/03/2021 Nice laminations of ash, charcoal, and shell in shore section mgts24
Nice laminations of ash, charcoal, and shell in shore section
Stonework in section and eroding slope at coast edge 21/09/2019 Stonework in section and eroding slope at coast edge training1
Stonework in section and eroding slope at coast edge
Linear mound on surface behind features in eroding section 21/09/2019 Linear mound on surface behind features in eroding section training1
Linear mound on surface behind features in eroding section
Detail of slumped stonework in eroding face 21/09/2019 Detail of slumped stonework in eroding face training1
Detail of slumped stonework in eroding face
Eroding section at top of coastal slope 21/09/2019 Eroding section at top of coastal slope training1
Eroding section at top of coastal slope
Anthropogenic soil exposed in unvegetated stretch of section at beach level 21/09/2019 Anthropogenic soil exposed in unvegetated stretch of section at beach level training1
Anthropogenic soil exposed in unvegetated stretch of section at beach level

Submitted updates

Update id Date User
3435 09/09/2020 mgts24
Tidal state High
Site located? Yes
Proximity to coast edge Coast edge
Coastally eroding? active sea erosion; has eroded in the past
Other threats Stock damage
Access easily accessible - no restrictions; accessible on foot (no footpath)
Local knowledge is not locally known; don't know
Excavation but then I would say that! It would be nice to get a date
Comments Could this be a Norse farm mound?
3270 21/09/2019 training1
Coastally eroding? active sea erosion; has eroded in the past
Description Stonework / walling in the grass slope which forms the coast edge at the west end of Levenwick Bay. Two courses of stone are visible beneath the vegetation at top of face and slumped stone is exposed in an eroding area of sandy slope below associated with anthropogenic soils and midden material containing ash, shell and charcoal. A similar anthropogenic deposit is also exposed in a small unvegetated stretch of the coastal section at beach level where the visible depth is c.0.5m. Two sherds of pottery recovered, possibly prehistoric / Iron Age in date. An amorphous linear mound / bank runs on top of the coastal slope immediately above and behind the exposure.
Priority 2

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